Celeron M 520 vs Z-01

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Primary details

Comparing Z-01 and Celeron M 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataCeleron M
Architecture codenameDesna (2011)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date1 June 2011 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Z-01 and Celeron M 520 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
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography40 nm65 nm
Die size75 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.95V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Z-01 and Celeron M 520 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 configuration1no data
SocketFT1PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Z-01 and Celeron M 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A, AMD-Vno data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Z-01 and Celeron M 520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Z-01 and Celeron M 520 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Z-01 and Celeron M 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3 Single-channelno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6250no 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.

Z-01 305
+27.6%
Celeron M 520 239

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 30 Watt

Z-01 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Z-01 and Celeron M 520. We've got no test results to judge.


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