V-Series V140 vs Turion II P540
Aggregate performance score
Turion II P540 outperforms V-Series V140 by a whopping 122% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion II P540 and V-Series V140 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2806 | 3138 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | AMD V-Series |
| Power efficiency | 2.27 | 1.02 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II P540 and V-Series V140 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II P540 and V-Series V140 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.
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and V-Series V140. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
| VirusProtect | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and V-Series V140 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and V-Series V140. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.60 | 0.27 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 4 October 2010 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
Turion II P540 has a 122.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
V-Series V140, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months.
The Turion II P540 is our recommended choice as it beats the V-Series V140 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P540 and V-Series V140, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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