Sempron 140 vs Celeron 540

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 540 and Sempron 140 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Architecture codenameno dataSargas (2009−2011)
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)22 July 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$40

Detailed specifications

Celeron 540 and Sempron 140 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 data1 (Single-Core)
Threadsno data1
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data117 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data234 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.95V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 540 and Sempron 140 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 data1
SocketPPGA478AM3
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 540 and Sempron 140. 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 Sempron 140 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 Sempron 140 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 540 and Sempron 140. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 540 and Sempron 140.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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
Sempron 140 486
+59.3%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron 540 180
Sempron 140 310
+72.2%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron 540 178
Sempron 140 316
+77.5%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2007 22 July 2009
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 45 Watt

Celeron 540 has 50% lower power consumption.

Sempron 140, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 540 and Sempron 140. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 540 is a notebook processor while Sempron 140 is a desktop one.


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