Celeron M 540 vs Athlon Neo X2 L335

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Celeron M 540 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	2x AMD Athlon Neo	Celeron M
Architecture codename	Congo (2009)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	1 October 2009 (14 years ago)	1 October 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	no data	$29

Detailed specifications

Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Celeron M 540 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	1.6 GHz	1.86 GHz
Bus support	800 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Celeron M 540 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	ASB1 BGA	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Celeron M 540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HT 3.0, 128-Bit DDR2 Memory Controller, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Celeron M 540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Celeron M 540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2009	1 October 2007
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	30 Watt

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