Celeron Dual-Core T1600 vs Pentium Dual T3400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T3400
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.41
Celeron Dual-Core T1600
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.59
+43.9%

Celeron Dual-Core T1600 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T3400 by a considerable 44% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31783000
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreIntel Celeron Dual-Core
Power efficiency0.450.65
DesignerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)1 May 2008 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Celeron Dual-Core T1600 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
Boost clock speed2.16 GHz1.66 GHz
Bus rate667 MHz667 MHz
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2143 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors291 Million291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Celeron Dual-Core T1600 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.

SocketPPGA478PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

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.

Pentium Dual T3400 0.41
Celeron Dual-Core T1600 0.59
+43.9%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pentium Dual T3400 664
Celeron Dual-Core T1600 950
+43.1%

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.

Pentium Dual T3400 3817
+27.2%
Celeron Dual-Core T1600 3000

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.

Pentium Dual T3400 1779
+31.8%
Celeron Dual-Core T1600 1350

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.41 0.59
Recency 1 October 2008 1 May 2008

Pentium Dual T3400 has an age advantage of 5 months.

Celeron Dual-Core T1600, on the other hand, has a 43.9% higher aggregate performance score.

The Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T3400 in performance tests.

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