Ryzen 9 7900X vs Turion II M540

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Primary details

Comparing Turion II M540 and Ryzen 9 7900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated103
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data66.81
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Raphael (Zen4)
Release date10 September 2009 (14 years ago)27 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Current price$452 $540

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Turion II M540 and Ryzen 9 7900X 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speedno data4.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus support3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm5 nm
Die sizeno data2x 70 (CCD) mm2 + 122 (I/O) mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data47 °C
Number of transistorsno dataCCD: 6,5 Mrd + IOD: 3,4 Mrd Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M540 and Ryzen 9 7900X 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-pinAM5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M540 and Ryzen 9 7900X. 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 Virtualization5 nm (CCD), 6 nm (I/O) nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
AES-NIno data+
AVXno data+
PowerNow+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M540 and Ryzen 9 7900X are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M540 and Ryzen 9 7900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-5200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M540 and Ryzen 9 7900X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 27 September 2022
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 24
Chip lithography 45 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 170 Watt

We couldn't decide between Turion II M540 and Ryzen 9 7900X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Turion II M540 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 7900X is a desktop one.


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