Celeron M U3400 vs Pentium Dual T2390
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Dual Core T2390 outperforms Celeron M U3400 by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3350 | 3402 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium Dual Core | Intel Celeron M |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Arrandale (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 1 March 2008 (17 years ago) | 24 May 2010 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron M U3400 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.86 GHz | 1.06 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | 81+114 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | 382+177 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron M U3400 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.
| Socket | PPGA478 | BGA1288 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 512 KB + 2 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron M U3400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron M U3400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron M U3400 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron M U3400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.31 | 0.26 |
| Recency | 1 March 2008 | 24 May 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 512 Watt |
Pentium Dual T2390 has a 19.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 51100% lower power consumption.
Celeron M U3400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron M U3400 in performance tests.
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