Pentium III 500E vs Celeron E1200

Primary details

Comparing Celeron E1200 and Pentium III 500E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3089	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.46	no data
Architecture codename	Allendale (2006−2009)	Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date	January 2008 (16 years ago)	25 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$40	$239

Detailed specifications

Celeron E1200 and Pentium III 500E 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	0.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	32 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (shared)	256 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	180 nm
Die size	77 mm2	106 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	85 °C
Number of transistors	105 million	28 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E1200 and Pentium III 500E 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	2
Socket	LGA775	370
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E1200 and Pentium III 500E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Celeron E1200 and Pentium III 500E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E1200 and Pentium III 500E are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E1200 and Pentium III 500E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	65 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	13 Watt

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