Celeron E3300 vs Pentium E5200

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5200 and Celeron E3300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2818	2893
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.13	0.83
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.86	0.73
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	August 2008 (16 years ago)	30 August 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	$70

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium E5200 has 36% better value for money than Celeron E3300.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5200 and Celeron E3300 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	2.5 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	82 mm2	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5200 and Celeron E3300 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	1	1
Socket	LGA775	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5200 and Celeron E3300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium E5200 and Celeron E3300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5200 and Celeron E3300 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5200 and Celeron E3300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5200 and Celeron E3300.

PCIe version

no data

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score

0.59

0.50

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