Turion II M540 vs Celeron N3010

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3027not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronAMD Turion II
Power efficiency8.98no data
Architecture codenameAirmont (2016)Caspian (2009)
Release date10 January 2016 (8 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.04 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.24 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCBGA1170Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI+-
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data
VT-i-no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600no data
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency600 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3010 and Turion II M540.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2016 10 September 2009
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 35 Watt

Celeron N3010 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 775% lower power consumption.

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