Pentium E5200 vs Turion II P520

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P520
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.51
Pentium E5200
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.59
+15.7%

Pentium E5200 outperforms Turion II P520 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P520 and Pentium E5200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28762811
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.13
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Power efficiency1.920.85
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Turion II P520 and Pentium E5200 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 data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data82 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
Number of transistorsno data228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P520 and Pentium E5200 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
SocketS1 (S1g4)LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Pentium E5200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0no data
VirusProtect+-
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 P520 and Pentium E5200 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 P520 and Pentium E5200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Pentium E5200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Turion II P520 0.51
Pentium E5200 0.59
+15.7%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Turion II P520 812
Pentium E5200 937
+15.4%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Turion II P520 289
+1.8%
Pentium E5200 284

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Turion II P520 522
+15.7%
Pentium E5200 451

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 0.59
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Turion II P520 has 160% lower power consumption.

Pentium E5200, on the other hand, has a 15.7% higher aggregate performance score.

The Pentium E5200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P520 in performance tests.

Be aware that Turion II P520 is a notebook processor while Pentium E5200 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P520 and Pentium E5200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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