Celeron M 330 vs 540

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 540 and Celeron M 330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3246not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataCeleron M
Power efficiency0.60no data
Architecture codenameno dataBanias (2003)
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 540 and Celeron M 330 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 data1 (Single-Core)
Threadsno data1
Base clock speed1.86 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speedno data1.4 GHz
Bus rateno data400 MHz
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache512 KB L2
Chip lithography65 nm130 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.95V-1.3V1.356V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 540 and Celeron M 330 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.

SocketPPGA478PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt24.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 540 and Celeron M 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)--
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States--
Demand Based Switching--
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parity--

Security technologies

Celeron 540 and Celeron M 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 540 and Celeron M 330 are enumerated here.

VT-x--

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 24 Watt

Celeron 540 has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron M 330, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 540 and Celeron M 330. We've got no test results to judge.


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