Celeron M 743 vs 1017U

Place in the ranking	2500	3298
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Celeron M
Power efficiency	5.29	1.42
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	1 July 2013 (11 years ago)	1 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$107

Detailed specifications

Celeron 1017U and Celeron M 743 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.3 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	94 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 1017U and Celeron M 743 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	FCBGA1023	BGA965
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 1017U and Celeron M 743. 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)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 1017U and Celeron M 743 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 1017U and Celeron M 743 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 1017U and Celeron M 743. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
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	no data
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 1017U and Celeron M 743 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 1017U and Celeron M 743.

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.

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.

Celeron 1017U 0.95
+533%

Celeron M 743 0.15

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron 1017U 2201
+66.2%

Celeron M 743 1324

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.

Celeron 1017U 1719
+196%

Celeron M 743 582

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron 1017U 46.38
+163%

Celeron M 743 121.8

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.95	0.15
Recency	1 July 2013	1 September 2009
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	10 Watt

Celeron 1017U has a 533.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 104.5% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron M 743, on the other hand, has 70% lower power consumption.

The Celeron 1017U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron M 743 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 1017U and Celeron M 743, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.