Intel Celeron M 925 vs Intel Core i5-2300

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron M 925 and Intel Core i5-2300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Celeron M 925

Intel Core i5-2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron M 925

Around 45% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 72.6°C
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 72.6°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2300

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
3 more threads: 4 vs 1
Around 35% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm

Number of cores	4 vs 1
Number of threads	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron M 925
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-2300

Name	Intel Celeron M 925	Intel Core i5-2300
PassMark - Single thread mark		1430
PassMark - CPU mark		3437
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		603
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1959
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		59.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.236
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.695

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron M 925	Intel Core i5-2300
Essentials
Architecture codename	Penryn	Sandy Bridge
Launch date	1 January 2011	January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$70	$168
Place in performance rating	not rated	2780
Processor Number	925	i5-2300
Series	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Mobile	Desktop
Price now		$79.99
Value for money (0-100)		19.67
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2.80 GHz
Bus Speed	800 MHz FSB	5 GT/s DMI
Die size	107 mm2	216 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)	800 MHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	72.6°C
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	1	4
Number of threads	1	4
Transistor count	410 million	1160 million
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	35mm x 35mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	PGA478	LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Memory
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Device ID		0x102
Graphics base frequency		850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		2.0