Celeron N3050 vs Pentium D 925

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated3041
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data5.83
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date1 October 2006 (18 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$74$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.16 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
L1 cache16 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per die)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)62 °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 925 and Celeron N3050 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050. 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 Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
FSB parity-no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel HD Graphics for Intel Celeron Processor N3000 Series
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2006 1 April 2015
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N3050 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 925 and Celeron N3050. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 925 is a desktop processor while Celeron N3050 is a notebook one.


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