Celeron B800 vs Pentium D 930

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 930 and Celeron B800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2990
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	no data	1.13
Architecture codename	Presler (2005−2007)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	16 January 2006 (18 years ago)	19 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$178	$80

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 930 and Celeron B800 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	15
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	63 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 930 and Celeron B800 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 configuration	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	LGA775,PLGA775	G2 (988B)
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 930 and Celeron B800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 930 and Celeron B800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 930 and Celeron B800 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 930 and Celeron B800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) (650 - 1000 MHz)

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 January 2006	19 June 2011
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

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