Xeon 6960P vs Celeron M 540

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 540 and Xeon 6960P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3072not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesCeleron Mno data
Power efficiency1.07no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 540 and Xeon 6960P 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)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads1144
Base clock speedno data2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data432 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 540 and Xeon 6960P 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 data2
Socketno data7529
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 540 and Xeon 6960P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Celeron M 540 and Xeon 6960P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 540 and Xeon 6960P 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 Xeon 6960P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 540 and Xeon 6960P.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data96

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2007 24 September 2024
Physical cores 1 72
Threads 1 144
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 500 Watt

Celeron M 540 has 1566.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6960P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, 7100% more physical cores and 14300% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 540 and Xeon 6960P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M 540 is a notebook processor while Xeon 6960P is a server/workstation one.


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