Pentium U5600 vs Celeron B820

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron B820
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.50
+28.2%
Pentium U5600
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 18 Watt
0.39

Celeron B820 outperforms Pentium U5600 by a significant 28% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron B820 and Pentium U5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28893017
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.352.05
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date1 July 2012 (12 years ago)9 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B820 and Pentium U5600 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.7 GHz1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz1.33 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0DMI 1.0
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier1710
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size131 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors504 million384 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B820 and Pentium U5600 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988Intel BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B820 and Pentium U5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
FMA++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAEno data36 Bit
FDI++
Fast Memory Access++

Security technologies

Celeron B820 and Pentium U5600 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 B820 and Pentium U5600 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B820 and Pentium U5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/s12.799 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron B820 and Pentium U5600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported22
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B820 and Pentium U5600.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes1616

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 B820 0.50
+28.2%
Pentium U5600 0.39

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.

Celeron B820 802
+28.5%
Pentium U5600 624

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.50 0.39
Recency 1 July 2012 9 January 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 18 Watt

Celeron B820 has a 28.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

Pentium U5600, on the other hand, has 94.4% lower power consumption.

The Celeron B820 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium U5600 in performance tests.


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