Celeron B830 vs Turion II M500
Aggregate performance score
Celeron B830 outperforms Turion II M500 by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion II M500 and Celeron B830 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2840 | 2831 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 1.43 | 1.46 |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 1 September 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $86 |
Detailed specifications
Turion II M500 and Celeron B830 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 2.0 |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 18 |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 504 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M500 and Celeron B830 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | FCPGA988,PGA988 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and Celeron B830. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| FMA | - | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| My WiFi | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Turion II M500 and Celeron B830 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M500 and Celeron B830 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M500 and Celeron B830. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.335 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.05 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Turion II M500 and Celeron B830 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M500 and Celeron B830.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.55 | 0.56 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 1 September 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
Celeron B830 has a 1.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Turion II M500 and Celeron B830.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II M500 and Celeron B830, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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