Pentium 4 2.0 vs Celeron 2.8 GHz

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2.8 GHz and Pentium 4 2.0 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 segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Willamette (2000−2001)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)27 August 2001 (23 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2.8 GHz and Pentium 4 2.0 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate400 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data8 KB
L2 cacheno data256 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data217 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2.8 GHz and Pentium 4 2.0 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
Socketno data423
Power consumption (TDP)52.8 Watt110 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2.8 GHz and Pentium 4 2.0. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 130 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 52 Watt 110 Watt

Celeron 2.8 GHz has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 111.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 2.8 GHz and Pentium 4 2.0. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 2.8 GHz is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 2.0 is a desktop one.


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