Intel Celeron E3200 vs Intel Pentium 4 506

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron E3200 and Intel Pentium 4 506 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Celeron E3200

Intel Pentium 4 506

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron E3200

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 67.7°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 84 Watt

Launch date	August 2009 vs June 2005
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 67.7°C
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 16 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 506

Around 11% higher clock speed: 2.66 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 620 vs 259
Around 45% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 634 vs 436

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.66 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	620 vs 259
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	634 vs 436

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron E3200
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 506

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

259

620

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

436

634

Name	Intel Celeron E3200	Intel Pentium 4 506
PassMark - Single thread mark	970
PassMark - CPU mark	839
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	259	620
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	436	634

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron E3200	Intel Pentium 4 506
Essentials
Architecture codename	Wolfdale	Prescott
Launch date	August 2009	June 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$52
Place in performance rating	2803	2796
Price now	$51.99
Processor Number	E3200	506
Series	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	7.88
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.66 GHz
Bus Speed	800 MHz FSB	533 MHz FSB
Die size	82 mm	112 mm2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	16 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB (shared)	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	74.1°C	67.7°C
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	2.66 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Transistor count	228 million	125 million
VID voltage range	0.8500V-1.3625V	1.25V-1.400V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	LGA775	PLGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	84 Watt
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)