Pentium P6100 vs Celeron E3300
Aggregate performance score
Pentium P6100 outperforms Celeron E3300 by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2871 | 2822 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.83 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 0.73 | 1.51 |
| Architecture codename | Wolfdale (2008−2010) | Arrandale (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 30 August 2009 (15 years ago) | 26 September 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $70 | $12 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 1.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 1 × 2.5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 15 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 3 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 82 mm2 | 81+114 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 74 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 228 million | 382 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.3625V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | LGA775 | PGA988 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| FMA | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 17.051 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 667 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
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.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.52 | 0.58 |
| Recency | 30 August 2009 | 26 September 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Pentium P6100 has a 11.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.
The Pentium P6100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron E3300 in performance tests.
Note that Celeron E3300 is a desktop processor while Pentium P6100 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron E3300 and Pentium P6100, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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