Celeron N5100 vs Pentium III 866

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1876
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data32.97
Architecture codenameCoppermine T (2000)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date20 March 2000 (24 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.87 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache32 KBno data
L2 cache256 KB1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography180 nm10 nm
Die size106 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °Cno data
Number of transistors28 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100 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 configuration21
Socket370FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 March 2000 11 January 2021
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 180 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N5100 has an age advantage of 20 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1700% more advanced lithography process, and 350% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium III 866 and Celeron N5100. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium III 866 is a desktop processor while Celeron N5100 is a notebook one.


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