Apple M1 Max vs Celeron 540

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated526
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataApple M-Series
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max 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 coresno data10 (Deca-Core)
Threadsno data10
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.06 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.22 GHz
L1 cacheno data2.9 MB
L2 cacheno data28 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache48 MB
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data57000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.95V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max 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.

SocketPPGA478no data
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt2060 ‑ 3220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max. 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

Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max 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 Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M1 Max 32-Core GPU

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.

Celeron 540 305
Apple M1 Max 22075
+7138%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2007 18 October 2021
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 2060 Watt

Celeron 540 has 6766.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Max, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 540 and Apple M1 Max. We've got no test results to judge.


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