Celeron M 420 vs B830

Primary details

Comparing Celeron B830 and Celeron M 420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2834not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronCeleron M
Power efficiency1.46no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date1 September 2012 (12 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B830 and Celeron M 420 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed1.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s533 MHz
Multiplier18no data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)1 MB L2 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.0V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B830 and Celeron M 420 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)no data
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B830 and Celeron M 420. 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+no data
Demand Based Switching--
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Celeron B830 and Celeron M 420 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 B830 and Celeron M 420 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B830 and Celeron M 420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron B830 and Celeron M 420 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B830 and Celeron M 420.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.

Celeron B830 857
+517%
Celeron M 420 139

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 27 Watt

Celeron B830 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron M 420, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.

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