Pentium E2180 vs Celeron 3205U

Place in the ranking	2795	2957
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	3.79	0.63
Architecture codename	Broadwell-U (2015)	no data
Release date	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)	1 July 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Die size	82 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	73 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1300 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FCBGA1168	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	-
VT-x	+	-
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel Processors	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2/12

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no 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.

Celeron 3205U 0.60
+39.5%

Pentium E2180 0.43

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.

Celeron 3205U 947
+38.7%

Pentium E2180 683

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron 3205U 268
+25.2%

Pentium E2180 214

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron 3205U 483
+39.6%

Pentium E2180 346

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.60	0.43
Recency	1 March 2015	1 July 2007
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Celeron 3205U has a 39.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Celeron 3205U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E2180 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron 3205U is a notebook processor while Pentium E2180 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 3205U and Pentium E2180, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.