Pentium E6500K vs Celeron D 346

Primary details

Comparing Celeron D 346 and Pentium E6500K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Prescott (2001−2005)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	October 2004 (20 years ago)	9 August 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron D 346 and Pentium E6500K 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	3.06 GHz	2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.06 GHz	0.93 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Die size	109 mm2	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	125 million	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+
VID voltage range	1.25V-1.4V	0.85V – 1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron D 346 and Pentium E6500K 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	PLGA775	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron D 346 and Pentium E6500K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron D 346 and Pentium E6500K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron D 346 and Pentium E6500K are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron D 346 and Pentium E6500K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron D 346 and Pentium E6500K.

PCIe version

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	65 Watt

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