Celeron M 540 vs Pentium 4 630

Place in the ranking	3278	3073
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Pentium 4	Celeron M
Power efficiency	0.17	1.07
Architecture codename	Prescott 2M	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	no data	1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 630 and Celeron M 540 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.86 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	533 MHz
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	67 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.4V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 630 and Celeron M 540 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.

Socket	PLGA775	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 630 and Celeron M 540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 4 630 and Celeron M 540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 630 and Celeron M 540 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

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.

Pentium 4 630 0.17

Celeron M 540 0.34
+100%

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.

Pentium 4 630 272

Celeron M 540 542
+99.3%

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.

Pentium 4 630 1605

Celeron M 540 1744
+8.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.17	0.34
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	30 Watt

Pentium 4 630 has 100% more threads.

Celeron M 540, on the other hand, has a 100% higher aggregate performance score, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 180% lower power consumption.

The Celeron M 540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 630 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium 4 630 is a desktop processor while Celeron M 540 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4 630 and Celeron M 540, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.