Celeron 540 vs Ryzen 5 2600X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600X and Celeron 540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking863not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.22no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency8.72no data
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)no data
Release date13 April 2018 (6 years ago)1 July 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600X 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)no data
Threads12no data
Base clock speed3.6 GHz1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHzno data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache576 KBno data
L2 cache3 MBno data
L3 cache16 MB (shared)1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography12 nm65 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-
VID voltage rangeno data0.95V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600X 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketAM4PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600X and Celeron 540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHAno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2600X and Celeron 540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600X and Celeron 540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600X and Celeron 540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelno data
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600X and Celeron 540.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no 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.



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.

Ryzen 5 2600X 13907
+4460%
Celeron 540 305

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 2600X 1248
+593%
Celeron 540 180

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 2600X 5288
+2871%
Celeron 540 178

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2018 1 July 2007
Chip lithography 12 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 30 Watt

Ryzen 5 2600X has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 540, on the other hand, has 216.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2600X and Celeron 540. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 2600X is a desktop processor while Celeron 540 is a notebook one.


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