Pentium SU4100 vs Turion II P520

Aggregate performance score

Turion II P520
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.51
+64.5%
Pentium SU4100
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 10 Watt
0.31

Turion II P520 outperforms Pentium SU4100 by an impressive 65% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P520 and Pentium SU4100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28663091
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Power efficiency1.932.93
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P520 and Pentium SU4100 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 data1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P520 and Pentium SU4100 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)BGA956
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Pentium SU4100. 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-

Security technologies

Turion II P520 and Pentium SU4100 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 SU4100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Pentium SU4100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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
+64.5%
Pentium SU4100 0.31

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
+65%
Pentium SU4100 492

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
+75.2%
Pentium SU4100 165

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
+79.4%
Pentium SU4100 291

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 0.31
Recency 12 May 2010 1 September 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 10 Watt

Turion II P520 has a 64.5% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 8 months.

Pentium SU4100, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium SU4100 in performance tests.


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