Celeron M 430 vs Pentium D 945

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 945 and Celeron M 430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated3377
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataCeleron M
Power efficiencyno data0.39
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date23 July 2006 (18 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$163no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 945 and Celeron M 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz1.73 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per die)no data
L3 cache0 KB1 MB L2 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375V1.0V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 945 and Celeron M 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775,PLGA775PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 945 and Celeron M 430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States+-
Demand Based Switching--
PAE32 Bit32 Bit
FSB parity--

Security technologies

Pentium D 945 and Celeron M 430 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 945 and Celeron M 430 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 945 and Celeron M 430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 27 Watt

Pentium D 945 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron M 430, on the other hand, has 251.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 945 and Celeron M 430. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 945 is a desktop processor while Celeron M 430 is a notebook one.


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