Celeron M 540 vs A6-7310

Primary details

Comparing A6-7310 and Celeron M 540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2046not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesCeleron M
Power efficiency6.43no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo-L (2015)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date7 May 2015 (9 years ago)1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-7310 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.86 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L2 cache2048 KB1 MB
Chip lithography28 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors930 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6-7310 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.

SocketFP4no data
Power consumption (TDP)12-25 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7310 and Celeron M 540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VTno data
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7310 and Celeron M 540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7310 and Celeron M 540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1866no data
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R4 Graphicsno data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7310 and Celeron M 540 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7310 and Celeron M 540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7310 and Celeron M 540.

PCIe version2.0no 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.

A6-7310 2689
+396%
Celeron M 540 542

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.

A6-7310 1801
+3.2%
Celeron M 540 1744

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 May 2015 1 October 2007
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 30 Watt

A6-7310 has an age advantage of 7 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

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