Celeron N5100 vs Pentium D 920

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1875
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data32.98
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date16 January 2006 (18 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$241no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.8 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per die)1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB+no data
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 January 2006 11 January 2021
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N5100 has an age advantage of 14 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 550% more advanced lithography process, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 920 and Celeron N5100. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 920 is a desktop processor while Celeron N5100 is a notebook one.


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