Athlon 64 3000+ vs Celeron M 540

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 540 and Athlon 64 3000+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesCeleron Mno data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Clawhammer (2001−2005)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$65

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 540 and Athlon 64 3000+ 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
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512K
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm130 nm
Die sizeno data193 mm2
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 540 and Athlon 64 3000+ 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
Socketno data754
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt89 Watt

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 M 540 542
+62.3%
Athlon 64 3000+ 334

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 89 Watt

Celeron M 540 has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 196.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 540 and Athlon 64 3000+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M 540 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 3000+ is a desktop one.


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