Celeron 600 vs Pentium Dual-Core E2140

Place in the ranking	3074	3389
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.50	0.28
Architecture codename	Allendale (2006−2009)	Timna
Release date	June 2007 (17 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and Celeron 600 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	0.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	32 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	128 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	180 nm
Die size	77 mm²	129 mm²
Number of transistors	105 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and Celeron 600 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	775	370S
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and Celeron 600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and Celeron 600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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Intel i752

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 Dual-Core E2140 0.34
+278%

Celeron 600 0.09

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.

Pentium Dual-Core E2140 539
+267%

Celeron 600 147

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	0.09
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	65 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	30 Watt

Pentium Dual-Core E2140 has a 277.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 176.9% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 600, on the other hand, has 116.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Dual-Core E2140 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 600 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and Celeron 600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.