Celeron B730 vs i3-380M

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-380M and Celeron B730 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2641not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3Intel Celeron
Power efficiency2.03no data
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date26 September 2010 (14 years ago)1 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49$70

Detailed specifications

Core i3-380M and Celeron B730 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.53 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.03 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0DMI 2.0
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/s4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier1918
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)1.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size81+114 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C for rPGA, 105 °C for BGA100 °C
Number of transistors382+177 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-380M and Celeron B730 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketBGA1288,PGA988G2 (988B)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-380M and Celeron B730. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
FMA++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Core i3-380M and Celeron B730 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-380M and Celeron B730 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-380M and Celeron B730. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/s21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-380M and Celeron B730 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-380M and Celeron B730.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.

i3-380M 1198
+105%
Celeron B730 584

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 September 2010 1 July 2012
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 4 2

i3-380M has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron B730, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Core i3-380M and Celeron B730. We've got no test results to judge.


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