Apple M1 Max vs Celeron 540

Place in the ranking	3232	526
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	0.60	no data
Release date	1 July 2007 (17 years ago)	18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max 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	no data	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	no data	10
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	2.06 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	3.22 GHz
L1 cache	no data	2.9 MB
L2 cache	no data	28 MB
L3 cache	1 MB L2 Cache	48 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	57000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.95V-1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max 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	PPGA478	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	2060 ‑ 3220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU

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.

Celeron 540 0.19

Apple M1 Max 13.90
+7216%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron 540 305

Apple M1 Max 22083
+7140%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.19	13.90
Recency	1 July 2007	18 October 2021
Chip lithography	65 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	2060 Watt

Celeron 540 has 6766.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Max, on the other hand, has a 7215.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

The Apple M1 Max is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 540 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.