E-300 vs Celeron M 550

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron M 550
1 core / 1 thread, 30 Watt
0.29
+38.1%

Celeron M 550 outperforms E-300 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 550 and E-300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31233207
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCeleron MAMD E-Series
Power efficiency0.911.10
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Zacate (2011−2013)
Release dateno data22 August 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 550 and E-300 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed2 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm40 nm
Die sizeno data75 mm2
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 550 and E-300 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 dataFT1
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 550 and E-300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 550 and E-300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 550 and E-300. 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 dataAMD Radeon HD 6310

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 550 0.29
+38.1%
E-300 0.21

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 550 465
+36.8%
E-300 340

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron M 550 1834
+115%
E-300 853

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron M 550 877
+4.6%
E-300 839

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.29 0.21
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 18 Watt

Celeron M 550 has a 38.1% higher aggregate performance score.

E-300, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Celeron M 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the E-300 in performance tests.


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