i7-12650H vs Turion II M540

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M540 and Core i7-12650H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	517
Place by popularity	not in top-100	81
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Turion II	Intel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiency	no data	29.78
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Alder Lake-H (2022)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II M540 and Core i7-12650H 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)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	no data	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	no data	217 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M540 and Core i7-12650H 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	Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M540 and Core i7-12650H. 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	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Turion II M540 and Core i7-12650H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M540 and Core i7-12650H 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 M540 and Core i7-12650H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4, DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) ( - 1400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M540 and Core i7-12650H.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	10
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

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