Celeron M 540 vs M 370

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 370 and Celeron M 540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCeleron MCeleron M
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Merom (2006−2008)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 370 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Base clock speed1.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz1.86 GHz
Bus rate400 MHz533 MHz
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography90 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.004V-1.292Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 370 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.

SocketH-PBGA478,H-PBGA479,PPGA478no data
Power consumption (TDP)21 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 370 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
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Celeron M 370 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 Celeron M 370 and Celeron M 540 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 21 Watt 30 Watt

Celeron M 370 has 42.9% lower power consumption.

Celeron M 540, on the other hand, has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

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