Celeron P4505 vs i7-950
Aggregate performance score
Core i7-950 outperforms Celeron P4505 by a whopping 377% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2210 | 3286 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.18 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Core i7 (Desktop) | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | 0.47 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Bloomfield (2008−2010) | Westmere (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 2 June 2009 (16 years ago) | 28 March 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $290 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core i7-950 and Celeron P4505 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.06 GHz | 1.86 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.33 GHz | 0.07 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 1.0 |
| Bus rate | 1333 MHz | 1 × 2.5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 14 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 263 mm2 | 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 68 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 731 million | 382 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core i7-950 and Celeron P4505 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1366 | BGA1288 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-950 and Celeron P4505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| FMA | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 36 Bit | 36 Bit |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Core i7-950 and Celeron P4505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-950 and Celeron P4505 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-950 and Celeron P4505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3-800, DDR3-1066 |
| Maximum memory size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 17.051 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 667 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-950 and Celeron P4505 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-950 and Celeron P4505.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
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 | 1.86 | 0.39 |
| Recency | 2 June 2009 | 28 March 2010 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 35 Watt |
i7-950 has a 376.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
Celeron P4505, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 271.4% lower power consumption.
The Intel Core i7-950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron P4505 in performance tests.
Note that Core i7-950 is a desktop processor while Celeron P4505 is a notebook one.
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