Pentium Dual-Core E2180 vs Celeron 420

Place in the ranking	3324	2973
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.41	0.63
Architecture codename	Conroe-L (2007−2008)	Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date	June 2007 (17 years ago)	August 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$23	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 420 and Pentium Dual-Core 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	77 mm²	77 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	60 °C	no data
Number of transistors	105 million	105 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 420 and Pentium Dual-Core 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	1
Socket	LGA775	775
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 420 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 420 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 420 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 420 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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 420 0.15

Pentium Dual-Core E2180 0.43
+187%

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 420 235

Pentium Dual-Core E2180 683
+191%