Intel Celeron D: New, Improved & Exceeds Expectations
by Derek Wilson on June 24, 2004 3:01 AM EST- Posted in
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CPU Model Numbers and Pricing
A little more than a month ago, we brought you an update on Intel's roadmaps that included the new Celeron D processors and their model numbers. Aside from a nice handy guide to how Celeron D stacks up to the Northwood Celeron, we can fill in pricing information on the new processors.| Intel Celeron Processors | ||||||
| CPU Name | Clock Speed | L1 Cache Size | L2 Cache Size | FSB Speed | Fab Process | Est. Price |
| Celeron D 335 | 2.8GHz | 16KB | 256KB | 533MHz | 90nm | $117 |
| Celeron D 330 | 2.66GHz | 16KB | 256KB | 533MHz | 90nm | $89 |
| Celeron D 325 | 2.53GHz | 16KB | 256KB | 533MHz | 90nm | $79 |
| Celeron 2.6GHz | 2.6GHz | 8KB | 128KB | 400MHz | 130nm | $91 |
| Celeron 2.0GHz | 2.0GHz | 8KB | 128KB | 400MHz | 130nm | $65 |
And just to make sure we've got all the useful info in one neat little package, we'll include our Celeron D core enhancement list from the previous page as well.
- 90nm Strained Silicon Process - more, faster transistors in less space
- 31 Pipeline Stages - for clock speed ramping
- Improved Branch Predictor - helps avoid pipeline stall
- Improved Scheduler - helps avoid doing unnecessary work
- Improved Execution Core - added integer multiply and fast shift to ALU
- Larger, Slower Caches - higher latency caches for speed and size scaling
- SSE3 - 13 new instructions
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Marlin1975 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
Don't forget they were comapring a AMD chip that sells for 20% or more less. And also the the Sempron is AMDs new low line.Lets see how Celeron handles the sempron :)
SDA - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
The hell? An XP 2200+ beating a 2500+ in compilation? I think you might need to rerun that one.. the 2500+ is clocked higher (only 33MHz higher, sure, but higher), it has more cache, and its FSB is faster. AFAIK, there is NO way in which it is worse than a 2200+, so it should not post worse numbers.Minot - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
When are these going to be available? I'm sure I'd still pick an Athlon XP over the Celeron D line, but for competetions sake, it will be good to see a worthy value competetor from Intel in the marketplace.PrinceGaz - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
Yes, Northwood Celerons have only 128K L2 cache while these Prescott Celeron 'D's have 256K.You could compare a Celeron D at 20x100 with an original Willamette core P4 2GHz (as they also had 256K L2 and 400FSB) if you wanted to do the comparison between core architecture excluding L2 cache and FSB. The gap would probably be a lot narrower.
Zebo - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
Typo above: I meant AMD still owns price and performance with a two year old part.:)Illissius - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
Second Yomicron. I was under the impression that Northwood Celeron's have only 128KB cache. (Makes sense, considering each has a fourth of its P4 counterpart.)Also, iirc there was something of a price parity between Celerons and equivalently rated AXP's, so while these are certainly improvements (and not small ones either), they still fall clearly behind in price/performance (the 2.8GHz usually lost to the 2600+ as well as a few lower models).
Zebo - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
AMD will still owns price to performance with thier 2 year old parts and even more so with Semiporn. But this is still wonderful news for 2004 beleaguered Intel. Let's see pricing..should be worth $60-$90 starting.Yomicron - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
I think there is a mistake about L2 cache sizes. It says that both the Prescott and Northwood based Celerons have the same amount of L2 cache. However, the Prescott version has 256KB while the desktop Celerons based on the Northwood core only have 128KB.blackarc - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
hmm... if only i could use them in a dual system :DBudman - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
How much does it overclock to??