Pentium E5400 vs Turion II P540

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.60
Pentium E5400
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.62
+3.3%

Pentium E5400 outperforms Turion II P540 by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and Pentium E5400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28062794
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data8.46
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Power efficiency2.270.90
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)18 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Pentium E5400 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 data2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.7 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 P540 and Pentium E5400 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 P540 and Pentium E5400. 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-

Security technologies

Turion II P540 and Pentium E5400 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 Pentium E5400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Pentium E5400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P540 and Pentium E5400.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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
Pentium E5400 0.62
+3.3%

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
Pentium E5400 978
+2.5%

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
Pentium E5400 311
+10.7%

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
+2.8%
Pentium E5400 507

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.60 0.62
Recency 12 May 2010 18 January 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Turion II P540 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 160% lower power consumption.

Pentium E5400, on the other hand, has a 3.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Turion II P540 and Pentium E5400.

Be aware that Turion II P540 is a notebook processor while Pentium E5400 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P540 and Pentium E5400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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