Pentium D 955 EE vs Celeron E1600

Primary details

Comparing Celeron E1600 and Pentium D 955 EE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2818	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Allendale (2006−2009)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	31 May 2009 (15 years ago)	January 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron E1600 and Pentium D 955 EE 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.46 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	28 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (shared)	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	77 mm2	140 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	no data
Number of transistors	105 million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E1600 and Pentium D 955 EE 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	2
Socket	LGA775	775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E1600 and Pentium D 955 EE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Celeron E1600 and Pentium D 955 EE 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 E1600 and Pentium D 955 EE are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E1600 and Pentium D 955 EE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E1600 and Pentium D 955 EE.

PCIe version

2.0

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Pros & cons summary

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Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

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