Celeron 4205U vs Pentium 4 1.7

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2554
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data5.45
Architecture codenameWillamette (2000−2001)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release dateApril 2001 (23 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U 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 data1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache8 KB128 KB
L2 cache256 KB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size217 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)76 °Cno data
Number of transistors42 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket423FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)64 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron 4205U has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 326.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 1.7 and Celeron 4205U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium 4 1.7 is a desktop processor while Celeron 4205U is a notebook one.


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