Pentium 977 vs Celeron M 900

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron M 900
2009
1 core / 1 thread, 35 Watt
0.08
Pentium 977
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.72
+800%

Pentium 977 outperforms Celeron M 900 by a whopping 800% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking34012699
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron MIntel Pentium
Power efficiency0.224.01
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 April 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$70$134

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977 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 data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate800 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data14
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPGA478FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16.38 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 900 and Pentium 977.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron M 900 0.08
Pentium 977 0.72
+800%

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 900 123
Pentium 977 1148
+833%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron M 900 1000
Pentium 977 1435
+43.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.08 0.72
Recency 1 April 2009 1 January 2012
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

Pentium 977 has a 800% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

The Pentium 977 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron M 900 in performance tests.


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