Pentium D 950 vs Celeron 1007U
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2852 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Celeron | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.95 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) | Presler (2005−2007) |
| Release date | 20 January 2013 (11 years ago) | 16 January 2006 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | $637 |
Detailed specifications
Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950 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 | 1.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI | no data |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 15 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 16 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB (per die) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | 2x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | C1+D0=63 °C, B1=69 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 376 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.2V-1.3375V |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950 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 |
| Socket | FCBGA1023 | LGA775,PLGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | - |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 January 2013 | 16 January 2006 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 130 Watt |
Celeron 1007U has an age advantage of 7 years, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 664.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Celeron 1007U is a notebook processor while Pentium D 950 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 1007U and Pentium D 950, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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