Pentium 4 HT 520 vs Celeron N2920

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2920 and Pentium 4 HT 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2790not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency8.09no data
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date1 December 2013 (10 years ago)June 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2920 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.86 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.93 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)16 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2920 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1170775
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2920 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
Smart Connect+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2920 and Pentium 4 HT 520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2920 and Pentium 4 HT 520 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2920 and Pentium 4 HT 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Seriesno data
Graphics max frequency844 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2920 and Pentium 4 HT 520 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2920 and Pentium 4 HT 520.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 84 Watt

Celeron N2920 has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 309.1% more advanced lithography process, and 1100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron N2920 and Pentium 4 HT 520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron N2920 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 HT 520 is a desktop one.


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