Pentium D 960 vs Celeron N3050

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2870
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	no data	0.37
Architecture codename	Braswell (2015−2016)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	23 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$523

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.16 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	IDI	no data
L1 cache	no data	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB (per die)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Die size	no data	2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	69 °C
Number of transistors	no data	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.2V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960 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	FCBGA1170	LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	no data	32 Bit
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	-	no data
FSB parity	no data	-
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	-	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+
VT-i	-	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	600 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	no data
OpenGL	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 960.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no data
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	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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Recency	1 April 2015	23 April 2006
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	130 Watt

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