Pentium 917 vs Celeron M 340

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 340 and Pentium 917 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	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Celeron M	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Banias (2003)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 340 and Pentium 917 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	1.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	400 MHz	4 × 5 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	512 KB
L3 cache	512 KB L2	2 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	504 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 340 and Pentium 917 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PPGA478	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	24.5 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 340 and Pentium 917. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Celeron M 340 and Pentium 917 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 M 340 and Pentium 917 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 340 and Pentium 917. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	130 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	24 Watt	17 Watt

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