Celeron M 380 vs M 900

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 900 and Celeron M 380 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron MCeleron M
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date1 April 2009 (15 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$70no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 900 and Celeron M 380 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz400 MHz
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cacheno data1 MB L2 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.004V-1.292V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 900 and Celeron M 380 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.

SocketPGA478PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt21 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 900 and Celeron M 380. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Celeron M 900 and Celeron M 380 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 900 and Celeron M 380 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 21 Watt

Celeron M 900 has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron M 380, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 900 and Celeron M 380. We've got no test results to judge.


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