Pentium M 1.70 vs Celeron G3900E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G3900E and Pentium M 1.70 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2244	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Banias (2003)
Release date	2 January 2016 (8 years ago)	June 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G3900E and Pentium M 1.70 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	16 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm
Die size	98.57 mm2	100 mm2
Number of transistors	1750 Million	77 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G3900E and Pentium M 1.70 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	no data	478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	24 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium M 1.70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium M 1.70 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium M 1.70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	DDR1, DDR2
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 510

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium M 1.70.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	24 Watt

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