Athlon II Neo K325 vs Celeron 540

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 540 and Athlon II Neo K325 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	no data	AMD Athlon II Neo
Architecture codename	no data	Geneva (2010)
Release date	1 July 2007 (17 years ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	$148	$26

Detailed specifications

Celeron 540 and Athlon II Neo K325 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	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	no data	2
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1.3 GHz
Bus support	no data	2000 MHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	1 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.95V-1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 540 and Athlon II Neo K325 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	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	12 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 540 and Athlon II Neo K325. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR3 memory controller, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, PowerNow, HyperTransport 3.0
PowerNow	no data	+
VirusProtect	no data	+
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
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 540 and Athlon II Neo K325 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 Athlon II Neo K325 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 540 and Athlon II Neo K325. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

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 July 2007	12 May 2010
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	12 Watt

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