AMD Turion II M500
The AMD Turion II M500 is a entry level Dual Core CPU by AMD for laptops with an integrated dual channel DDR2 memory controller (400MHz). The Caspian called core should be based on the K10 architecture (maybe only partly). Compared to the Turion II Ultra CPUs, the M500 features only 1 MB shared Level 2 cache.
The performance of the Turion M500 should be comparable to a 2.0 Ghz clocked Pentium Dual-Core T3200.
| Series | AMD Turion II |
| Codename | Caspian |
| Clock Rate | 2200 MHz |
| Front Side Bus | 3600 MHz |
| Level 2 Cache | 1024 KB |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 |
| Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) | 35 Watt |
| Manufacturing Technology | 45 nm |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-Pin |
| Features | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Hardware Virtualization | Virtualization |
| Announcement Date | 09/10/2009 |
CPU Benchmarks
| Cinebench R10 in comparison | ||
| Intel Atom Z670 (min) | 691 | |
| ... | ||
| AMD Athlon II M320 | 3475.5 | |
| AMD Athlon II P320 | 3495.8 | |
| Intel Pentium Dual Core T2410 | 3529 | |
| AMD Turion II M500 | 3592 | |
| Intel Celeron 887 | 3597 | |
| Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 | 3600 | |
| AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-84 | 3615 | |
| ... | ||
| Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 3960X (max) | 27189.5 | |
Reviews for the AMD Turion II M500 processor
Acer Aspire 5542 (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 15.6")
» Acer Aspire 5542 - External Review
Acer Aspire 7540G-504G50Mi (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, 17.3")
» Acer Aspire 7540G-504G50Mi - External Review
HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 14.1")
» HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx - External Review
HP Pavilion dv6-2005AX (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-2005AX - External Review
Samsung R425-JS02 (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145, 14.0")
» Samsung R425-JS02 - External Review




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