Celeron M 900 vs 540

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron 540
2007
30 Watt
0.19
+138%
Celeron M 900
2009
1 core / 1 thread, 35 Watt
0.08

Celeron 540 outperforms Celeron M 900 by a whopping 138% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 540 and Celeron M 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32463401
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron M
Power efficiency0.600.22
Architecture codenameno dataPenryn (2008−2011)
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)1 April 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$70

Detailed specifications

Celeron 540 and Celeron M 900 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 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data410 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.95V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 540 and Celeron M 900 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.

SocketPPGA478PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 540 and Celeron M 900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
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 Celeron M 900 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 Celeron M 900 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

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
+138%
Celeron M 900 0.08

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
+148%
Celeron M 900 123

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.19 0.08
Recency 1 July 2007 1 April 2009
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 35 Watt

Celeron 540 has a 137.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

Celeron M 900, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron 540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron M 900 in performance tests.


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