Pentium M 780 vs Celeron Dual-Core T3100

Primary details

Comparing Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Pentium M 780 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2660not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron Dual-CorePentium M
Power efficiency2.01no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date1 September 2009 (15 years ago)25 July 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Pentium M 780 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 data2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz0.03 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz533 MHz
L1 cache128 KB32 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size107 mm287 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million144 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.26V-1.404V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Pentium M 780 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
SocketBGA479, PGA478PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Pentium M 780. 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-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Pentium M 780 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 T3100 and Pentium M 780 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Pentium M 780. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron Dual-Core T3100 1687
+80.8%
Pentium M 780 933

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2009 25 July 2005
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 27 Watt

Celeron Dual-Core T3100 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 780, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.

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