Intel Celeron 550 vs Intel Core i5-540UM

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron 550 and Intel Core i5-540UM processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-540UM

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 31 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 818 vs 662
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1002 vs 334
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 31 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 818 vs 662
PassMark - CPU mark 1002 vs 334

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron 550
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-540UM

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
662
818
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
334
1002
Name Intel Celeron 550 Intel Core i5-540UM
PassMark - Single thread mark 662 818
PassMark - CPU mark 334 1002
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 955
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 918

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Celeron 550 Intel Core i5-540UM

Essentials

Architecture codename Merom Arrandale
Launch date Q3'06 24 May 2010
Place in performance rating 2543 2535
Processor Number 550 i5-540UM
Series Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $250

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 1.20 GHz
Bus Speed 533 MHz FSB 2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size 143 mm2 81 mm2
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 105°C
Number of cores 1 2
Transistor count 291 million 382 million
VID voltage range 0.95V-1.30V
Front-side bus (FSB) 2500 MHz
L2 cache 512 KB
L3 cache 3 MB
Maximum frequency 2.00 GHz
Number of threads 4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 35mm x 35mm BGA 34mm x 28mm
Sockets supported PPGA478, PBGA479 BGA1288
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 31 Watt 18 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 166 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 500 MHz
Graphics max frequency 500 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16