Celeron M 540 vs Pentium M 750

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 750 and Celeron M 540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	Celeron M
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)	1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 750 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1	1
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.86 GHz	1.86 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	32 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Die size	87 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	144 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 750 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 750 and Celeron M 540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 750 and Celeron M 540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 750 and Celeron M 540 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 750 and Celeron M 540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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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	19 January 2005	1 October 2007
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	30 Watt

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