Celeron M 520 vs Dual-Core T1500

Primary details

Comparing Celeron Dual-Core T1500 and Celeron M 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron Dual-CoreCeleron M
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date1 May 2008 (16 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron Dual-Core T1500 and Celeron M 520 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz533 MHz
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cacheno data1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.95V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron Dual-Core T1500 and Celeron M 520 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.

Socketno dataPPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron Dual-Core T1500 and Celeron M 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Celeron Dual-Core T1500 and Celeron M 520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron Dual-Core T1500 and Celeron M 520 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

Celeron Dual-Core T1500 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron M 520, on the other hand, has 16.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron Dual-Core T1500 and Celeron M 520. We've got no test results to judge.


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