Celeron M 540 vs M 560

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 560 and Celeron M 540 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 segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron MCeleron M
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date1 May 2008 (16 years ago)1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 560 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
Boost clock speed2.13 GHz1.86 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz533 MHz
L1 cache64 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 560 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.

SocketPPGA478no data
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt30 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 560 535
Celeron M 540 542
+1.3%

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 560 2008
+15.1%
Celeron M 540 1744

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2008 1 October 2007

Celeron M 560 has an age advantage of 7 months.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 560 and Celeron M 540. We've got no test results to judge.


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