Pentium D 915 vs Celeron M 560

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 560 and Pentium D 915 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeron Mno data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Presler (2005−2007)
Release date1 May 2008 (16 years ago)23 July 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$74

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 560 and Pentium D 915 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.13 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB16 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per die)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm22x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data63 °C
Number of transistors291 Million376 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.2V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 560 and Pentium D 915 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
SocketPPGA478LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 560 and Pentium D 915. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Celeron M 560 and Pentium D 915 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 560 and Pentium D 915 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 560 and Pentium D 915. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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.

Celeron M 560 535
+15.1%
Pentium D 915 465

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2008 23 July 2006
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 95 Watt

Celeron M 560 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 216.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium D 915, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 560 and Pentium D 915. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M 560 is a notebook processor while Pentium D 915 is a desktop one.


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