E-300 vs Turion II P540

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.60
+186%

Turion II P540 outperforms E-300 by a whopping 186% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and E-300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28063207
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIAMD E-Series
Power efficiency2.271.10
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)22 August 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and E-300 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
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm40 nm
Die sizeno data75 mm2
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and E-300 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)FT1
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and E-300. 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 3.0MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and E-300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and E-300. 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 dataAMD Radeon HD 6310

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
+186%
E-300 0.21

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
+181%
E-300 340

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
+219%
E-300 88

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
+243%
E-300 152

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
+153%
E-300 853

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
+256%
E-300 1176

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
+144%
E-300 839

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.60 0.21
Recency 12 May 2010 22 August 2011
Chip lithography 45 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 18 Watt

Turion II P540 has a 185.7% higher aggregate performance score.

E-300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 38.9% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P540 is our recommended choice as it beats the E-300 in performance tests.


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