Celeron G3900E vs Turion II M520

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2797	2249
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.12
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Turion II	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	1.51	3.46
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	2 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E 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
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	3600 MHz	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	24
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	98.57 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	1750 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E. 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	no data
AES-NI	-	+
PowerNow	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E 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 M520 and Celeron G3900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics 510

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.58	1.33
Recency	10 September 2009	2 January 2016
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm

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