Celeron 540 vs Pentium 3558U

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3558U and Celeron 540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2744	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	4.08	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	no data
Release date	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)	1 July 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3558U and Celeron 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.95V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3558U and Celeron 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FCBGA1168	PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3558U and Celeron 540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
AMT	9.5	no data
Matrix Storage	-	no data
FSB parity	no data	-
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 3558U and Celeron 540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3558U and Celeron 540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	-
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3558U and Celeron 540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3558U and Celeron 540 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3558U and Celeron 540.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	10	no data
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Integrated IDE	-	no data
Number of USB ports	4	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2014	1 July 2007
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt

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