Turion II M540 vs Celeron M 540

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 540 and Turion II M540 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 segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCeleron MAMD Turion II
Power efficiency1.07no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Caspian (2009)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 540 and Turion II M540 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)
Threads12
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 540 and Turion II M540 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.

Socketno dataSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 540 and Turion II M540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2007 10 September 2009
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 35 Watt

Celeron M 540 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

Turion II M540, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 540 and Turion II M540. We've got no test results to judge.


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