Celeron N4500 vs Core 2 Duo T5900

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2300
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data19.48
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500 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 speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB1.5 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500 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
SocketSocket PFCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
AMT+no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Celeron N4500.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Core 2 Duo T5900 652
Celeron N4500 1969
+202%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo T5900 273
Celeron N4500 437
+60.1%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo T5900 466
Celeron N4500 708
+51.9%

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.

Core 2 Duo T5900 1864
Celeron N4500 2053
+10.1%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N4500 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 550% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

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