Pentium D 950 vs Celeron N3050

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Presler (2005−2007)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)16 January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$637

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.16 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
L1 cacheno data16 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per die)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °CC1+D0=63 °C, B1=69 °C
Number of transistorsno data376 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.2V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1170LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
FSB parityno data-
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x++
VT-i-no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950. 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® Celeron® Processor N3000 SeriesOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency600 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

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 N3050 587
Pentium D 950 681
+16%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2015 16 January 2006
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 130 Watt

Celeron N3050 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 2066.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron N3050 and Pentium D 950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron N3050 is a notebook processor while Pentium D 950 is a desktop one.


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