Celeron 2957U vs Turion II P540

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.60
+11.1%
Celeron 2957U
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.54

Turion II P540 outperforms Celeron 2957U by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Turion II P540 Turion II P540
Celeron 2957U Celeron 2957U

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27892836
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIIntel Celeron
Power efficiency2.273.41
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U 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 speedno data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1 (S1g4)FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data10
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Turion II P540 0.60
+11.1%
Celeron 2957U 0.54

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.

Turion II P540 954
+11.6%
Celeron 2957U 855

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion II P540 2160
+4%
Celeron 2957U 2077

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Turion II P540 4181
+3.4%
Celeron 2957U 4043

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.60 0.54
Recency 12 May 2010 1 January 2014
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Turion II P540 has a 11.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Celeron 2957U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 2957U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P540 and Celeron 2957U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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