Duo L2500 vs Turion II P540

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.60
+140%
Core Duo L2500
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.25

Turion II P540 outperforms Core Duo L2500 by a whopping 140% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and Core Duo L2500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28063161
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IICore Duo
Power efficiency2.271.58
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Core Duo L2500 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 data1.83 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.83 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz667 MHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cacheno data2 MB L2 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.7625-1.2125V

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and Core Duo L2500 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.

SocketS1 (S1g4)PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Core Duo L2500. 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-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Turion II P540 and Core Duo L2500 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 P540 and Core Duo L2500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Core Duo L2500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

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 P540 0.60
+140%
Duo L2500 0.25

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 P540 954
+136%
Duo L2500 404

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.60 0.25
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Turion II P540 has a 140% higher aggregate performance score, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Duo L2500, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core Duo L2500 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P540 and Core Duo L2500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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