Celeron M 540 vs Ryzen 5 3450U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 3450U and Celeron M 540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1367 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | Celeron M |
| Power efficiency | 26.75 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Merom (2006−2008) |
| Release date | 1 May 2020 (4 years ago) | 1 October 2007 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3450U 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 1.86 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 533 MHz |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3450U 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 | FP5 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 30 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Celeron M 540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Celeron M 540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2020 | 1 October 2007 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 30 Watt |
Ryzen 5 3450U has an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
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