Atom C3958 vs Turion II P520

Primary Details

Comparing Turion II P520 and Atom C3958 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2731	1580
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	0.68
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Turion II	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date	12 May 2010 (13 years ago)	15 August 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449
Current price	$37	$740 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

Turion II P520 and Atom C3958 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	no data	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	896 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	83 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P520 and Atom C3958 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	S1 (S1g4)	FCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Atom C3958. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller	no data
AES-NI	no data	+
VirusProtect	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
QuickAssist	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Turion II P520 and Atom C3958 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	no data	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Atom C3958 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
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 P520 and Atom C3958. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4: 2400
Maximum memory size	no data	256 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P520 and Atom C3958.

PCIe version	no data	3
PCI Express lanes	no data	16
USB revision	no data	3
Total number of SATA ports	no data	16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	16
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	4x10/2.5/1 GBE

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Atom C3958 outperforms Turion II P520 by 433% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	0.52	2.77
Recency	12 May 2010	15 August 2017
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	31 Watt

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