i7-660LM vs Celeron M 575

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 575 and Core i7-660LM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron MIntel Core i7
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date1 June 2008 (16 years ago)13 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86$346

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 575 and Core i7-660LM 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.06 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate667 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data17
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size143 mm281+177 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors291 Million382+177 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 575 and Core i7-660LM 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPPGA478BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 575 and Core i7-660LM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Celeron M 575 and Core i7-660LM 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 M 575 and Core i7-660LM are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 575 and Core i7-660LM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-800, DDR3-1066
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data566 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron M 575 and Core i7-660LM integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 575 and Core i7-660LM.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2008 13 September 2010
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 25 Watt

i7-660LM has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 24% lower power consumption.

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