Intel Pentium 957 vs Celeron Dual-Core T3000

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General info

Comparing Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron Dual-CoreIntel Pentium
Architecture codenamePenryn-1M (2009)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 May 2009 (14 years old)19 June 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134
Current priceno data$134 (1x MSRP)

Technical specs

Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus support800 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957 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 configurationno data1
SocketP (478)FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data-
FMAno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8.01 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.3 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and Pentium 957.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Celeron Dual-Core T3000 687
+10.5%
Pentium 957 622

Celeron Dual-Core T3000 outperforms Pentium 957 by 10% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 May 2009 19 June 2011
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

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