Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 vs Celeron M 530
Primary details
Comparing Celeron M 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 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 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Northwood (2002−2004) |
| Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | June 2003 (21 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.73 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1.73 GHz | 3.07 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 8 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 1 MB L2 Cache | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | no data | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 74 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 55 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.95V-1.3V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 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 |
| Socket | PBGA479,PPGA478 | 478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 70 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06. 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 | - | + |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron M 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 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 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 70 Watt |
Celeron M 530 has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
Mobile Pentium 4 3.06, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Celeron M 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron M 530 and Mobile Pentium 4 3.06, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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