i7-12700F vs Turion II P540

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.57
Core i7-12700F
2022
12 cores / 20 threads, 65 Watt
18.95
+3225%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Turion II P540 by a whopping 3225% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2987361
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data36.62
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Power efficiency2.2028.12
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date12 May 2010 (15 years ago)4 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$386

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Core i7-12700F 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)
Performance-coresno data8
Efficient-coresno data4
Threads220
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data215 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and Core i7-12700F 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)FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Core i7-12700F. 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 3.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Turion II P540 and Core i7-12700F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and Core i7-12700F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Core i7-12700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P540 and Core i7-12700F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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.

Turion II P540 0.57
i7-12700F 18.95
+3225%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Turion II P540 919
i7-12700F 30471
+3216%

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 P540 281
i7-12700F 2400
+754%

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 P540 521
i7-12700F 11836
+2172%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion II P540 2160
i7-12700F 9146
+323%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Turion II P540 4181
i7-12700F 56067
+1241%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Turion II P540 2047
i7-12700F 15823
+673%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 18.95
Recency 12 May 2010 4 January 2022
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 20
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Turion II P540 has 160% lower power consumption.

i7-12700F, on the other hand, has a 3224.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and 500% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

The Intel Core i7-12700F is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II P540 in performance tests.

Be aware that Turion II P540 is a notebook processor while Core i7-12700F is a desktop one.

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