Turion II M540 vs V-Series V140

Primary details

Comparing V-Series V140 and Turion II M540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD V-Series	AMD Turion II
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	4 October 2010 (13 years ago)	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)
Current price	$18.47	$452

Detailed specifications

V-Series V140 and Turion II M540 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus support	3200 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on V-Series V140 and Turion II M540 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	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V140 and Turion II M540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Integrated DDR3 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	no data	+
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V140 and Turion II M540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V140 and Turion II M540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 October 2010	10 September 2009
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

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