Celeron J3355 vs Pentium E5300

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2816	2645
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.04	0.02
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	0.83	7.10
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date	November 2008 (16 years ago)	30 August 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium E5300 has 10100% better value for money than Celeron J3355.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355 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
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.5 GHz
Multiplier	no data	20
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	LGA775	FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355. 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 Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	no data	-
FSB parity	-	no data
HD Audio	no data	+
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	-
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	no data	+
VT-i	no data	-
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics 500
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	700 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	+
OpenGL	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron J3355.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.57	0.75
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	10 Watt

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