Pentium 4 HT 520 vs Celeron M 430

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 430 and Pentium 4 HT 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesCeleron Mno data
Architecture codenameYonah (2005−2006)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)June 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 430 and Pentium 4 HT 520 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed1.73 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz2.93 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data16 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.0V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 430 and Pentium 4 HT 520 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 configurationno data1
SocketPPGA478775
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 430 and Pentium 4 HT 520. 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
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Celeron M 430 and Pentium 4 HT 520 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 430 and Pentium 4 HT 520 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 430 and Pentium 4 HT 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 84 Watt

Celeron M 430 has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 211.1% lower power consumption.

Pentium 4 HT 520, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 430 and Pentium 4 HT 520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M 430 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 HT 520 is a desktop one.


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