Celeron D 325 vs Pentium Dual T2390

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron D 325 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Coreno data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date1 March 2008 (16 years ago)June 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron D 325 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)
Threads21
Base clock speedno data2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz2.53 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data16 KB
L2 cache1 MB256 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die size143 mm2109 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C67 °C
Number of transistors291 Million125 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.25V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron D 325 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
SocketPPGA478PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt73 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron D 325. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron D 325 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron D 325 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron D 325. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 73 Watt

Pentium Dual T2390 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 108.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Celeron D 325. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T2390 is a notebook processor while Celeron D 325 is a desktop one.


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