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Intel Celeron 420/430/440:
New Low-End Vs. Old Middle-End
We have not yet touched on the new Celeron based on Conroe-L core in any of our articles, although the subject has already become ripe for discussion. In this article the above-said shortcoming is going to be corrected. We shall acquaint you with performance characteristics of the new low-end Celeron models (which seem like a logical starting point). Unfortunately, none of the AMD Semprons have been examined using our new testing method yet (which is an oversight that we shall soon take care of). Therefore, it was somewhat difficult to choose worthy opponents in the same category. That is why we decided to try an unusual approach, which we thought was rather peculiar. We are not going to examine how Intel's new low-end model measures up against the modern low-end CPUs from its main competitor. Instead, we shall compare it to quite old processors that have been nowadays driven from their medium price-range position into a low-cost section of the market. In our view, such a comparison would be rather educating.
Hardware and Software
Testbed Configuration
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CPU |
Mainboard |
Memory |
Video |
Celeron 420 |
ASUS P5B Deluxe |
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 |
GeForce 8800 GTX |
Celeron 430 |
ASUS P5B Deluxe |
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 |
GeForce 8800 GTX |
Celeron 440 |
ASUS P5B Deluxe |
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 |
GeForce 8800 GTX |
Pentium 4 521 |
ASUS P5B Deluxe |
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 |
GeForce 8800 GTX |
Pentium D 805 |
ASUS P5B Deluxe |
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 |
GeForce 8800 GTX |
Pentium D 915 |
ASUS P5B Deluxe |
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 |
GeForce 8800 GTX |
Pentium E2140 |
ASUS P5B Deluxe |
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 |
GeForce 8800 GTX |
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (S939) |
ECS RD480-A939 |
Corsair CMX1024-3500LLPRO |
GeForce 8800 GTX |
- 2 x 2 GB RAM
- Samsung HD401LJ (SATA) HDD
- Boxed coolers
- Cooler Master RS-A00-EMBA PSU
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Process technology |
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90 nm |
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Core frequency, GHz |
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2.0 |
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Number of cores |
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2 |
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L2 cache*, KB |
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2x512 |
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Bus frequency**, MHz |
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2x400 (DDR) |
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Multiplier |
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10 |
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Socket |
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939 |
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Heat emission*** |
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89 W |
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AMD64/EM64T |
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VT |
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* — "2 x ..." means per core
** — for AMD processors this is memory controller bus frequency
*** — measured differently for Intel and AMD processors; impossible to compare directly
Software
- Windows XP Professional x64 edition SP1
- 3ds max 9 x64 edition
- Maya 8.5 x64 edition
- Lightwave 3D 9 x64 edition
- MATLAB R2006a (7.2.0.32) x64 edition
- Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0
- SolidWorks 2005
- Photoshop CS2 (9.0)
- Visual Studio 2005 Professional
- Apache HTTP Server 2.2.4
- CPU RightMark 2005 Lite (1.3) x64 edition
- WinRAR 3.62
- 7-Zip 4.42 x64 edition
- FineReader 8.0 Professional
- LAME 3.97
- Monkey Audio 4.01
- OGG Encoder 2.83
- Windows Media Encoder 9 x64 edition
- Canopus ProCoder 2.01.30
- DivX 6.4
- Windows Media Video VCM 9
- x264 v.604
- XviD 1.1.2
- F.E.A.R. 1.08
- Half-Life 2 1.0
- Quake 4 1.3
- Call of Duty 2 1.2
- Serious Sam 2 2.07
- Supreme Commander 1.0.3220
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