Intel Atom N550 vs Celeron M 540

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General info

Comparing Celeron M 540 and Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCeleron MIntel Atom
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date1 October 2007 (16 years old)23 August 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$86
Current price$29 $198 (2.3x MSRP)

Technical specs

Celeron M 540 and Atom N550 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus support533 MHz666 MHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data87 mm2
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 540 and Atom N550 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
Socketno dataFCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 540 and Atom N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Celeron M 540 and Atom N550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 540 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 540 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel GMA 3150

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Celeron M 540 542
+91.5%
Atom N550 283

Celeron M 540 outperforms Atom N550 by 92% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Celeron M 540 1744
+238%
Atom N550 517

Celeron M 540 outperforms Atom N550 by 238% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Celeron M 540 803
+8.2%
Atom N550 742

Celeron M 540 outperforms Atom N550 by 8% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 October 2007 23 August 2010
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 8 Watt

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