Opteron 842 vs Celeron M 540

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 540 and Opteron 842 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3073not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesCeleron Mno data
Power efficiency1.07no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)SledgeHammer (2003−2005)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)June 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 540 and Opteron 842 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm130 nm
Die sizeno data193 mm2
Number of transistorsno data106 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 540 and Opteron 842 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 data8
Socketno data940
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt85 Watt

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 85 Watt

Celeron M 540 has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 183.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 540 and Opteron 842. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M 540 is a notebook processor while Opteron 842 is a server/workstation one.


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