Z-01 vs Celeron M 540

Place in the ranking	3072	3244
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Celeron M	no data
Power efficiency	1.07	2.99
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Desna (2011)
Release date	1 October 2007 (17 years ago)	1 June 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 540 and Z-01 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Boost clock speed	1.86 GHz	1 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Die size	no data	75 mm²
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 540 and Z-01 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	no data	FT1
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 540 and Z-01. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

no data

MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A, AMD-V

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 540 and Z-01 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 540 and Z-01. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 6250

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron M 540 0.34
+78.9%

Z-01 0.19

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
+77.7%

Z-01 305

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	0.19
Recency	1 October 2007	1 June 2011
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	6 Watt

Celeron M 540 has a 78.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Z-01, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The Celeron M 540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Z-01 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron M 540 and Z-01, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.