Celeron M 530 vs B820

Primary details

Comparing Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2829	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Celeron M
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	31 July 2011 (13 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	1.73 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	533 MHz
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.95V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	PBGA479,PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
FSB parity	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530. 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	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B820 and Celeron M 530.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	30 Watt

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