Celeron 430 vs Core i5

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5 and Celeron 430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1772not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.75no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameno dataConroe-L (2007−2008)
Release date1 October 2023 (less than a year ago)June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$50
Current price$190 $28 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5 and Celeron 430 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 coresno data1 (Single-Core)
Threadsno data1
Base clock speedno data1.8 GHz
Boost clock speedno data1.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithographyno data65 nm
Die sizeno data77 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data60 °C
Number of transistorsno data105 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Core i5 and Celeron 430 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
Socketno dataLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5 and Celeron 430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core i5 and Celeron 430 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5 and Celeron 430 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5 and Celeron 430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Core i5 2598
+828%
Celeron 430 280

Core i5 outperforms Celeron 430 by 828% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Core i5 and Celeron 430. We've got no test results to judge.


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