Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 vs Celeron M 900
Aggregate performance score
Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 outperforms Celeron M 900 by an impressive 86% 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 | 3649 | 3584 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron M | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Northwood (2002−2004) |
| Release date | 1 April 2009 (16 years ago) | June 2003 (22 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $70 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 900 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 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 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.07 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 8 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 74 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 Million | 55 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 900 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | PGA478 | 478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 70 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 900 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 900 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2 |
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.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.07 | 0.13 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 70 Watt |
Celeron M 900 has a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
Mobile Pentium 4 3.06, on the other hand, has a 85.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.
The Intel Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron M 900 in performance tests.
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