i5-2497M vs Celeron B860E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron B860E and Core i5-2497M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Core i5
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	no data	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B860E and Core i5-2497M 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	21	15
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	3 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	131 mm2	149 mm2
Number of transistors	504 Million	624 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B860E and Core i5-2497M 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)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B860E and Core i5-2497M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B860E and Core i5-2497M are enumerated here.

VT-x

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B860E and Core i5-2497M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	16 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Pros & cons summary

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Threads

2

4

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