Pentium 4 HT 521 vs Celeron D 346

Primary details

Comparing Celeron D 346 and Pentium 4 HT 521 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenamePrescott (2001−2005)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release dateOctober 2004 (20 years ago)June 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron D 346 and Pentium 4 HT 521 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed3.06 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.06 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache16 KB16 KB
L2 cache256 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm90 nm
Die size109 mm2109 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °Cno data
Number of transistors125 million125 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.25V-1.4Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron D 346 and Pentium 4 HT 521 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 configuration11
SocketPLGA775775
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron D 346 and Pentium 4 HT 521. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Celeron D 346 and Pentium 4 HT 521 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 D 346 and Pentium 4 HT 521 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron D 346 and Pentium 4 HT 521. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2

Pentium 4 HT 521 has 100% more threads.

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