Celeron M 420: specs and benchmarks
Summary
This is an Yonah architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is PPGA478 processor with a TDP of 27 Watt.
Primary details
Celeron M 420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Celeron M | |
| Architecture codename | Yonah (2005−2006) | |
| Release date | no data |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | |
| L3 cache | 1 MB L2 KB | of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ) |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| VID voltage range | 1.0V-1.3V |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 420 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | PPGA478 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | - | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | - | |
| Demand Based Switching | - | |
| FSB parity | - | |
| Status | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | - |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Celeron M 420. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Send your test results of Celeron M 420.
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Celeron M 420, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Celeron M 420 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 33 configurations using Celeron M 420 in our database.
