Athlon X4 940 vs Celeron M 900

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 900 and Athlon X4 940 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 segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeron Mno data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date1 April 2009 (15 years ago)27 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$70no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 900 and Athlon X4 940 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Die size107 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors410 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 900 and Athlon X4 940 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
SocketPGA478AM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 900 and Athlon X4 940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 900 and Athlon X4 940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 900 and Athlon X4 940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2009 27 July 2017
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Celeron M 900 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Athlon X4 940, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 900 and Athlon X4 940. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M 900 is a notebook processor while Athlon X4 940 is a desktop one.


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