Ryzen 3 4300G vs Turion II P540

Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.66
Ryzen 3 4300G
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
7.08
+973%

Ryzen 3 4300G outperforms Turion II P540 by a whopping 973% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and Ryzen 3 4300G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2719990
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion IIAMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Renoir (2020−2023)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Ryzen 3 4300G 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data38
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Number of transistorsno data9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and Ryzen 3 4300G 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)AM4
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Ryzen 3 4300G. 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
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and Ryzen 3 4300G are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Ryzen 3 4300G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P540 and Ryzen 3 4300G.

PCIe versionno data3.0

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 0.66
Ryzen 3 4300G 7.08
+973%

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 1021
Ryzen 3 4300G 10922
+970%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.66 7.08
Recency 12 May 2010 21 July 2020
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Turion II P540 has 160% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 3 4300G, on the other hand, has a 972.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 4300G is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P540 in performance tests.

Be aware that Turion II P540 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 3 4300G is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P540 and Ryzen 3 4300G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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