Core 2 Duo T5500 vs Celeron 540

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron 540
2007
30 Watt
0.19
Core 2 Duo T5500
2007
2 cores / 2 threads, 34 Watt
0.35
+84.2%

Core 2 Duo T5500 outperforms Celeron 540 by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 540 and Core 2 Duo T5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32463058
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency0.600.97
Architecture codenameno dataMerom (2006−2008)
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)1 February 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 540 and Core 2 Duo T5500 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 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speedno data1.66 GHz
Bus rateno data667 MHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data143 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.95V-1.3V1.0375V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 540 and Core 2 Duo T5500 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.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketPPGA478PPGA478, PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt34 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 540 and Core 2 Duo T5500. 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--
FSB parity--

Security technologies

Celeron 540 and Core 2 Duo T5500 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 Core 2 Duo T5500 are enumerated here.

VT-x--

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
Core 2 Duo T5500 0.35
+84.2%

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
Core 2 Duo T5500 561
+83.9%

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
+25.9%
Core 2 Duo T5500 143

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
Core 2 Duo T5500 249
+39.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.19 0.35
Recency 1 July 2007 1 February 2007
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 34 Watt

Celeron 540 has an age advantage of 5 months, and 13.3% lower power consumption.

Core 2 Duo T5500, on the other hand, has a 84.2% higher aggregate performance score.

The Core 2 Duo T5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 540 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 540 and Core 2 Duo T5500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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