Celeron M 925 vs Turion II M540

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M540 and Celeron M 925 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 segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIIntel Celeron M
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$70

Detailed specifications

Turion II M540 and Celeron M 925 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data410 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M540 and Celeron M 925 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.

SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M540 and Celeron M 925. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 1 January 2011
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1

Turion II M540 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron M 925, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Turion II M540 and Celeron M 925. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Turion II M540
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