Turion II M500 vs Xeon 6517P
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6517P outperforms Turion II M500 by a whopping 5671% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 204 | 3139 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 25.00 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Turion II |
| Power efficiency | 15.96 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Granite Rapids (2024−2025) | Caspian (2009) |
| Release date | 24 February 2025 (less than a year ago) | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,195 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon 6517P and Turion II M500 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 32 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 3600 MHz |
| L1 cache | 112 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 72 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | Intel 3 nm | 45 nm |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 79 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 6517P and Turion II M500 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 configuration | 2 | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA4710 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 190 Watt | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6517P and Turion II M500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon 6517P and Turion II M500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6517P and Turion II M500 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6517P and Turion II M500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5(6400MT/s) | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 8 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6517P and Turion II M500.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 88 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 28.28 | 0.49 |
| Recency | 24 February 2025 | 10 September 2009 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 2 |
| Threads | 32 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 190 Watt | 1 Watt |
Xeon 6517P has a 5671.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.
Turion II M500, on the other hand, has 18900% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon 6517P is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II M500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon 6517P is a server/workstation processor while Turion II M500 is a notebook one.
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