Celeron T3100 vs Pentium E6500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6500 and Celeron T3100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2661	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.74	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Power efficiency	1.08	no data
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	no data
Release date	9 August 2009 (15 years ago)	1 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$50	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E6500 and Celeron T3100 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.93 GHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 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	1V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6500 and Celeron T3100 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	no data
Socket	LGA775	BGA479,PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron T3100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium E6500 and Celeron T3100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron T3100 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron T3100. 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

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron T3100.

PCIe version

2.0

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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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 August 2009	1 July 2008
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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