Pentium D 840 EE vs Celeron M 390

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 390 and Pentium D 840 EE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3258	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Celeron M	no data
Power efficiency	0.81	no data
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Smithfield (2005)
Release date	no data	May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 390 and Pentium D 840 EE 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	4
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	400 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	28 KB
L2 cache	no data	2 MB
L3 cache	1 MB L2 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	206 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	169 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.004V-1.292V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 390 and Pentium D 840 EE 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	2
Socket	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	775
Power consumption (TDP)	21 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 390 and Pentium D 840 EE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 390 and Pentium D 840 EE 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 390 and Pentium D 840 EE are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 390 and Pentium D 840 EE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	4
Power consumption (TDP)	21 Watt	130 Watt

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