Pentium 4 660 vs Celeron D 340

Primary Details

Comparing Celeron D 340 and Pentium 4 660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Pentium 4
Architecture codename	Prescott (2001−2005)	Prescott 2M
Release date	September 2004 (19 years ago)	no data
Current price	$169	$54

Detailed Specifications

Celeron D 340 and Pentium 4 660 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1	1
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.93 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus support	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	16 KB	no data
L2 cache	256 KB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	90 nm	90 nm
Die size	109 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	67 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	125 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.25V-1.4V	1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron D 340 and Pentium 4 660 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	PPGA478	PLGA775,PPGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	73 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron D 340 and Pentium 4 660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Celeron D 340 and Pentium 4 660 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron D 340 and Pentium 4 660 are enumerated here.

VT-x

-

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron D 340 and Pentium 4 660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Power consumption (TDP)

73 Watt

115 Watt

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