Celeron 1005M vs Pentium 3550M

Primary Details

Comparing Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2434	2564
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date	1 September 2013 (10 years ago)	1 July 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	$86
Current price	$76 (0.6x MSRP)	$36 (0.4x MSRP)

Detailed Specifications

Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M 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	2.3 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.9 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	22 nm
Die size	118 mm2	94 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M 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
Socket	FCPGA946	FCPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	-
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
VGA	+	no data
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3550M and Celeron 1005M.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium 3550M outperforms Celeron 1005M by 19% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	0.86	0.72
Recency	1 September 2013	1 July 2013
Cost	$134	$86
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	35 Watt

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