Core 2 Duo E8500 vs Turion II M520

Aggregate performance score

Turion II M520
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.56
Core 2 Duo E8500
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.80
+42.9%

Core 2 Duo E8500 outperforms Turion II M520 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M520 and Core 2 Duo E8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28262596
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Power efficiency1.511.16
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)January 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II M520 and Core 2 Duo E8500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data3.16 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.17 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz1333 MHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB
L2 cache1 MB6 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistorsno data410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M520 and Core 2 Duo E8500 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 configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Core 2 Duo E8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Turion II M520 and Core 2 Duo E8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M520 and Core 2 Duo E8500 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M520 and Core 2 Duo E8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.56 0.80
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Turion II M520 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Core 2 Duo E8500, on the other hand, has a 42.9% higher aggregate performance score.

The Core 2 Duo E8500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M520 in performance tests.

Be aware that Turion II M520 is a notebook processor while Core 2 Duo E8500 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II M520 and Core 2 Duo E8500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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