Pentium 4 P4 3.0 vs Celeron M 550
Aggregate performance score
Celeron M 550 outperforms Pentium 4 P4 3.0 by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3402 | 3490 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Celeron M | Pentium 4 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Northwood (2002−2004) |
| Release date | no data | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 550 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 550 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 512 KB |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.26 | 0.19 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 512 Watt |
Celeron M 550 has a 36.8% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 51100% lower power consumption.
The Intel Celeron M 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 P4 3.0 in performance tests.
Be aware that Celeron M 550 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 P4 3.0 is a desktop one.
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