Athlon II Neo K325 vs Celeron 540

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron 540
2007
30 Watt
0.19
Athlon II Neo K325
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 12 Watt
0.26
+36.8%

Athlon II Neo K325 outperforms Celeron 540 by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 540 and Athlon II Neo K325 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32463150
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon II Neo
Power efficiency0.602.05
Architecture codenameno dataGeneva (2010)
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed1.86 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1.3 GHz
Bus rateno data2000 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.95V-1.3Vno 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.

SocketPPGA478S1
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt12 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 extensionsno dataSSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, PowerNow, HyperTransport 3.0
PowerNow-+
VirusProtect-+
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 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-+
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 typesno dataDDR3

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
Athlon II Neo K325 0.26
+36.8%

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
Athlon II Neo K325 417
+36.7%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron 540 180
+13.9%
Athlon II Neo K325 158

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron 540 178
Athlon II Neo K325 287
+61.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.19 0.26
Recency 1 July 2007 12 May 2010
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 12 Watt

Athlon II Neo K325 has a 36.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II Neo K325 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 540 in performance tests.


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