Pentium 3560Y vs Turion II M500
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 3560Y outperforms Turion II M500 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2861 | 2839 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 1.43 | 4.42 |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Haswell (2013−2015) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y 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 | 1.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | no data | 118 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y 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 |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | FCBGA1168 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 11.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y. 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 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Smart Connect | no data | + |
| FDI | no data | - |
| AMT | no data | 9.5 |
| Matrix Storage | no data | - |
| HD Audio | no data | + |
| RST | no data | + |
Security technologies
Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y. 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 | 25.6 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 850 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
| PCI support | no data | - |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 4 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 4 |
| Integrated IDE | no data | - |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 4 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | - |
| UART | no data | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.53 | 0.56 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 1 September 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 11 Watt |
Pentium 3560Y has a 5.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 218.2% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II M500 and Pentium 3560Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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