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{{short description|Line of discontinued microprocessors made by Intel}}
{{Update|date=September 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox CPU
| name           = Celeron
| image          = Intel Celeron 2020 logo.svg
| image_size     =
| caption        = Latest logo used from 2020 to 2023
<!----------------- General Info ----------------->
| produced-start = {{Start date and age|1998|04|15}}
| produced-end   = {{End date and age|2023}}<ref name="Warren 2022">{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Tom |date=September 16, 2022 |title=Intel Processor will replace Pentium and Celeron in 2023 laptops |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/16/23356495/intel-processor-pentium-celeron-brand-2023-notebook-laptops |website=The Verge |language=en-US |access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>
| soldby         = [[Intel]]
| designfirm     = [[Intel]]
| manuf1         = [[Intel]]
<!----------------- Performance ------------------>
| slowest        = 266
| fastest        = 3.6
| slow-unit      = MHz
| fast-unit      = GHz
| fsb-slowest    = 66
| fsb-fastest    = 1333
| fsb-slow-unit  = MHz
| fsb-fast-unit  = MT/s
| hypertransport-slowest   =
| hypertransport-slow-unit =
| hypertransport-fastest   =
| hypertransport-fast-unit =
| qpi-slowest    =
| qpi-fastest    =
| qpi-slow-unit  =
| qpi-fast-unit  =
| dmi-slowest    = 2.0
| dmi-fastest    = 16
| dmi-slow-unit  = GT/s
| dmi-fast-unit  = GT/s
| data-width     =
| address-width  =
| virtual-width  =
<!------- Architecture and classification -------->
| application    =
| size-from      = [[250 nm process|250 nm]]
| size-to        = [[7 nm process|Intel 7]] (10ESF)
| arch1          =
| microarch      = {{ubl| [[P6 (microarchitecture)|P6]]
| [[NetBurst]]
| [[Intel Core (microarchitecture)|Core]]
| [[Nehalem (microarchitecture)|Nehalem]]
| [[Westmere (microarchitecture)|Westmere]]
| [[Sandy Bridge]]
| [[Ivy Bridge (microarchitecture)|Ivy Bridge]]
| [[Haswell (microarchitecture)|Haswell]]
| [[Broadwell (microarchitecture)|Broadwell]]
| [[Skylake (microarchitecture)|Skylake]]
| [[Willow Cove]]
| [[Golden Cove]]}}
| arch           = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]
| instructions   = [[x86]]
<!----------- Physical specifications ------------>
| numcores       = 1–5
| sock1          = '''Desktop''' {{bulleted list |[[Slot 1]] |[[Socket 370]] |[[Socket 478]] |[[LGA 775]] |[[Socket M]] |[[Socket P]] |[[LGA 1156]] |[[LGA 1155]] |[[LGA 1150]] |[[LGA 1151]] |[[LGA 1200]] |[[LGA 1700]]}}
| sock2          = '''Mobile''' {{bulleted list |[[Socket 495]] |[[Socket 479]]|[[Socket M]]|[[Socket P]]}}
<!--------- Products, models, variants ----------->
| core1          = Covington
| core2          = Mendocino
| core3          = Coppermine-128
| core4          = Tualatin-256
| core5          = Willamette-128
| core6          = Northwood-128
| core7          = Prescott-256
| core8          = Cedar Mill-512
| core9          = Banias
| core10         = Dothan
| core11         = Yonah
| core12         = Merom
| core13         = Conroe
| core14         = Allendale
| core15         = Penryn
| core16         = Wolfdale
| core17         = Clarkdale
| core18         = Arrandale
| core19         = Jasper Forest
| core20         = Sandy Bridge
| core21         = Ivy Bridge
| core22         = Haswell
| core23         = Broadwell
| core24         = Skylake
| core25         = Kaby Lake
| core26         = Coffee Lake
| core27         = Comet Lake
| core28         = Rocket Lake
| core29         = Tiger Lake
| core30         = Alder Lake
| pcode1         =
| model1         =
| brand1         =
| variant        = [[Intel Atom|Atom]], [[Pentium]]
<!------------------  History  ------------------->
| predecessor    = [[i486]], [[Pentium II]]
| successor      = Intel Processor
}}
'''Celeron''' is a series of [[IA-32]] and [[x86-64]] computer [[microprocessor|microprocessors]] targeted at low-cost [[Personal computer|personal computers]], manufactured by [[Intel]] from 1998 until 2023.
The first Celeron-branded CPU was introduced on April 15, 1998, and was based on the [[Pentium II]]. Celeron-branded processors released from 2009 to 2023 are compatible with [[IA-32]] software. They typically offer less performance per clock speed compared to flagship Intel CPU lines, such as the [[Pentium]] or [[Intel Core|Core]] brands. They often have less [[CPU cache|cache]] or intentionally disabled advanced features, with variable impact on performance. While some Celeron designs have achieved strong performance for their segment, the majority of the Celeron line has exhibited noticeably degraded performance.<ref name="Schmid">{{cite news |last=Schmid |first=Patrick |title=The New Generation Is Here: Celeron 2.0&nbsp;GHz, with 0.13&nbsp;µm |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/generation,534.html |publisher=[[Tom's Hardware Guide]] |date=October 16, 2002 |access-date=July 30, 2007}}</ref> This has been the primary [[Market segmentation|justification for the higher cost]] of other Intel CPU brands versus the Celeron range.{{Needs citation|date=March 2024}}
In September 2022, Intel announced that the Celeron brand, along with Pentium, were to be replaced with the new "Intel Processor" branding for low-end processors in laptops from 2023 onwards.<ref name="Warren 2022"/> This applied to desktops using Celeron processors as well, and was discontinued around the same time laptops stopped using Celeron processors in favor of "Intel Processor" processors in 2023.
== Background ==
As a product concept, the Celeron was introduced in response to Intel's loss of the low-end market, in particular to the [[Cyrix]] [[6x86]], the [[AMD K6]], and the IDT [[Winchip]]. Intel's existing low-end product, the [[Pentium MMX]], was no longer performance-competitive at 233&nbsp;MHz.<ref name="S7toS1">{{cite news |last=Pabst |first=Thomas |title=CPU Performance from Socket 7 to Slot 1 |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/1998/04/16/cpu_performance_from_socket_7_to_slot_1/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204182347/http://www.tomshardware.com/1998/04/16/cpu_performance_from_socket_7_to_slot_1/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |publisher=[[Tom's Hardware Guide]] |date=April 16, 1998 |access-date=July 30, 2007 }}</ref> Although a faster Pentium MMX would have been a lower-risk strategy, the industry-standard [[Socket 7]] platform hosted a market of competitor CPUs that could be drop-in replacements for the Pentium MMX. Instead, Intel pursued a budget part that was to be pin-compatible with their high-end [[Pentium II]] product, using the Pentium II's proprietary [[Slot 1]] interface.
The Celeron also effectively killed off the nine-year-old [[80486]] chip, which had been the low-end processor brand for entry-level desktops and laptops until 1998.
Intel hired marketing firm [[Lexicon Branding]], which had originally come up with the name "Pentium", to devise a name for the new product as well. The ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]'' described Lexicon's reasoning behind the name they chose: "''[[wikt:celer#Latin|Celer]]'' is [[Latin]] for swift, as in the word 'accelerate', and 'on' as in 'turned on'. Celeron is seven letters and three syllables, like Pentium. The 'Cel' of Celeron rhymes with 'tel' of Intel."<ref>{{cite news |title=Lexicon puts names on new technology |first=Mike |last=Cassidy |newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |date=April 15, 1998}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|+Intel Celeron processor family
|-
!rowspan="2"| Based on
!colspan="3"| [[Desktop computer|Desktop]]
!colspan="3"| [[Laptop]]
!colspan="3"| [[Embedded system#Processors in embedded systems|Embedded]]
|-
!Code-named
!Core
!Date released
!Code-named
!Core
!Date released
!Code-named
!Core
!Date released
|-
|P6
|Covington<br>Mendocino<br>Coppermine-128<br>Tualatin-256
|(250&nbsp;nm)<br>(250&nbsp;nm)<br>(180&nbsp;nm)<br>(130&nbsp;nm)
|1998<br>1998–2000<br>2000–2001<br>2002
|Mendocino<br>Coppermine-128
Coppermine&nbsp;T<br>Tualatin-256
|(250&nbsp;nm)<br>(180&nbsp;nm)
(180&nbsp;nm)<br>(130&nbsp;nm)
|1999<br>2000–2001
2001<br>2002–2003
! colspan="3" rowspan="9" |
|-
|NetBurst
|Willamette-128<br>Northwood-128
|(180&nbsp;nm)<br>(130&nbsp;nm)
|2002<br>2002–2003
|Northwood-256<br>
|(130&nbsp;nm)<br>
|2002–2003<br>
|-
|Pentium M (Celeron M)
! colspan="3" |
|Banias-512<br>Dothan-512
Dothan-1024
Yonah-512
Yonah-1024<br>Sossaman
|(130&nbsp;nm)
(90&nbsp;nm)
(90&nbsp;nm)
(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)
|2004
2004–2007
2004–2005
2007
2006
2006–2007
|-
|NetBurst (Celeron D)
|Prescott-256<br>Cedar Mill-512
|(90&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)
|2004–2005<br>2006–2007
! colspan="3" rowspan="3" |
|-
|Core (Single)
|Conroe-L
Conroe-CL
|(65&nbsp;nm)
(65&nbsp;nm)
|2007-2008
???
|-
|Core (Dual)
|Allendale<br>Wolfdale-3M
|(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(45&nbsp;nm)
|2008–2009
2009–2010
|-
|Core (Celeron M/Celeron)
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
|Merom, Merom-L
Merom-2M
Merom-L (Ultra-Low-Voltage)
|(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)
(65&nbsp;nm)
|2007–2008
2008
2007, 2009
|-
|Core (Celeron Dual)
|Merom-2M
Penryn-3M
|(65&nbsp;nm)
(45&nbsp;nm)
|2008
2009–2010
|-
| rowspan="2" |Nehalem/Westmere
|Clarkdale
|(32&nbsp;nm)
|2010
|Arrandale
|(32&nbsp;nm)
|2010–2011
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|Jasper Forest
|Single (45&nbsp;nm)
|
|-
|Silvermont
Airmont
Goldmont
Goldmont Plus
Tremont
|Bay Trail-
Braswell
Apollo Lake
Gemini Lake
Jasper Lake
|dual & quad (22&nbsp;nm)
dual & quad (14&nbsp;nm)
up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)
up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)
up to quad (10&nbsp;nm)
|
|Bay Trail-M
Braswell
Apollo Lake
Gemini Lake
Jasper Lake
|dual & quad (22&nbsp;nm)
dual & quad (14&nbsp;nm)
up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)
up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)
up to quad (10&nbsp;nm)
|October 2013
March 2015
April 2016
December 2017
January 2021
|Bay Trail-M
Braswell
Apollo Lake
Gemini Lake
Jasper Lake
|dual & quad (22&nbsp;nm)
dual & quad (14&nbsp;nm)
up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)
up to dual (14&nbsp;nm)
up to dual (10&nbsp;nm)
|October 2013
March 2015
April 2016
December 2017
January 2021
|-
! colspan="10" |<small>[[List of Intel Celeron processors]]</small>
|}
== Desktop Celerons ==
=== P6-based Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#P6 based Celerons}}
==== {{Anchor|Covington}}Covington ====
[[Image:KL Intel Celeron Covington.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Intel Celeron Covington]]
Launched in April 1998, the first ''Covington'' Celeron was essentially a 266&nbsp;MHz Pentium II manufactured without any secondary cache at all.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Slater |first=Michael |title=Microprocessors have PCs humming |url=http://www.eetimes.com/myf98/ao_slater.html |magazine=[[EE Times]] |date=May 27, 1998 |access-date=July 30, 2007}}</ref> Covington also shared the 80523 product code of Deschutes. Although clocked at 266 or 300&nbsp;MHz (frequencies 33 or 66&nbsp;MHz higher than the desktop version of the Pentium w/MMX), the cacheless Celerons had trouble outcompeting the parts they were designed to replace.<ref name="S7toS1" /> Substantial numbers were sold on first release, largely on the strength of the Intel name, but the Celeron quickly achieved a poor reputation both in the trade press and among computer professionals.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zisman |first=Alex |title=Say No to Celeron |url=http://www.zisman.ca/Articles/1998/Celeron.html |work=Canadian Computer Wholesaler |date=June 1998 |access-date=July 30, 2007}}</ref> The initial market interest faded rapidly in the face of its poor performance, and with sales at a very low level, Intel felt obliged to develop a substantially faster replacement as soon as possible. Nevertheless, the first Celerons were quite popular among some overclockers, for their flexible [[overclocking|overclockability]] and reasonable price.<ref name="S7toS1" /> Covington was only manufactured in [[Slot 1]] SEPP format.
==== {{Anchor|Mendocino}}Mendocino ====
[[Image:Intel Celeron 300A MHz.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Intel Celeron Mendocino 300&nbsp;MHz in SEPP package]]
[[Image:KL Intel Celeron Mendocino Top.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Top of a Mendocino-core Socket 370 Celeron (PPGA package)]] [[Image:KL Intel Celeron Mendocino S370.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Underside of a Mendocino-core Socket 370 Celeron, 333&nbsp;MHz]]
[[File:Intel Celeron 500MHz Mendocino SL3LQ (PNG).png|thumb|Intel Celeron 500MHz Mendocino die shot]]
The ''Mendocino'' Celeron, launched August 24, 1998, was the first retail CPU to use on-die [[L2 cache]]. Whereas Covington had no secondary cache at all, Mendocino included 128&nbsp;KB of L2 cache running at full clock rate. The first Mendocino-core Celeron was clocked at a then-modest 300&nbsp;MHz but offered almost twice the performance of the old cacheless Covington Celeron at the same clock rate. To distinguish it from the older Covington 300&nbsp;MHz, Intel called the Mendocino core Celeron ''300A''.<ref name="BigCPUShootout">{{cite news|last=Pabst|first=Thomas|title=Big CPU Shoot Out: Intel Launches New Celeron with Mendocino Core and Pentium II 450|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/1998/08/24/big_cpu_shoot_out/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204153422/http://www.tomshardware.com/1998/08/24/big_cpu_shoot_out/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|publisher=[[Tom's Hardware Guide]]|date=August 24, 1998|access-date=July 30, 2007}}</ref> Although the other Mendocino Celerons (the 333&nbsp;MHz part, for example) did not have an ''A'' appended, some people call all Mendocino processors ''Celeron-A'' regardless of clock rate.
The new Mendocino-core Celeron was a good performer from the outset. Indeed, most industry analysts regarded the first Mendocino-based Celerons as ''too'' successful—performance was sufficiently high to not only compete strongly with rival parts, but also to attract buyers away from Intel's high-profit flagship, the Pentium II. [[Overclocking|Overclockers]] soon discovered that, given a high-end [[motherboard]], many Celeron 300A CPUs could run reliably at 450&nbsp;MHz. This was achieved by simply increasing the [[front-side bus]] (FSB) clock rate from the stock 66&nbsp;MHz to the 100&nbsp;MHz clock of the [[Pentium II]], helped by several facts: the 440BX chipset with nominal support for 100&nbsp;MHz and correspondent memory had already been on the market, and the internal L2 cache was more tolerant to overclocking than external cache chips, which already had to run at half-CPU speed by design. At this frequency, the budget Mendocino Celeron rivaled the fastest x86 processors available.<ref name="BigCPUShootout" /> Some motherboards were designed to prevent this modification, by restricting the Celeron's front side bus to 66&nbsp;MHz. However, [[overclocking|overclockers]] soon found that putting tape over pin B21 of the Celeron's interface slot circumvented this, allowing a 100&nbsp;MHz bus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/66-mhz-slot-1-cpus-running-100-mhz,66.html|title=How to Get All 66 MHz Slot 1 CPUs Running 100 MHz|author=Thomas Pabst|work=Tom's Hardware}}</ref>
At the time on-die cache was difficult to manufacture; especially [[L2 cache|L2]] as more of it is needed to attain an adequate level of performance. A benefit of on-die cache is that it operates at the same clock rate as the CPU. All other Intel CPUs at that time used motherboard mounted or slot mounted secondary [[L2 cache]], which was very easy to manufacture, cheap, and simple to enlarge to any desired size (typical cache sizes were 512&nbsp;KB or 1&nbsp;MB), but they carried the performance penalty of slower cache performance, typically running at a [[Front-side bus|FSB]] frequency of 60 to 100&nbsp;MHz. The Pentium II's 512&nbsp;KB of L2 cache was implemented with a pair of relatively high-performance L2 cache chips mounted on a special-purpose board alongside the processor itself, running at half the processor's clock rate and communicating with the CPU through a special [[back-side bus]]. This method of cache placement was expensive and imposed practical cache-size limits, but allowed the Pentium II to be clocked higher and avoided front side bus RAM/L2 cache contention typical with motherboard-placed L2 cache configurations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Joch |first=Alan |title=Buses: Front-side and backside |url=http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1091/CWD010430STO60015/ |publisher=ITworld.com |date=April 30, 2001 |access-date=July 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010502134148/http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1091/CWD010430STO60015/ |archive-date=May 2, 2001 |df=dmy }}</ref>
Over time, newer Mendocino processors were released at 333, 366, 400, 433, 466, 500, and 533&nbsp;MHz. The Mendocino Celeron CPU came only designed for a 66&nbsp;MHz front-side bus, but this would not be a serious performance bottleneck until clock rates reached higher levels.
The Mendocino Celerons also introduced new packaging. When the Mendocinos debuted they came in both a Slot 1 SEPP and [[Socket 370]] [[Pin grid array#Plastic|PPGA]] package. The Slot 1 form had been designed to accommodate the off-chip cache of the Pentium II and had mounting problems with motherboards. Because all Celerons are a single-chip design, however, there was no reason to retain the slot packaging for L2 cache storage, and Intel discontinued the Slot 1 variant; beginning with the 466&nbsp;MHz part, only the PPGA Socket 370 form was offered. (Third-party manufacturers made motherboard slot-to-socket adapters (nicknamed [[Slotket]]s) available for a few dollars, which allowed, for example, a Celeron 500 to be fitted to a Slot 1 motherboard.) One interesting note about the PPGA Socket 370 Mendocinos is they supported [[symmetric multiprocessing]] (SMP), and there was at least one motherboard released (the [[ABIT BP6]]) which took advantage of this fact.
The Mendocino also came in a mobile variant, with clock rates of 266, 300, 333, 366, 400, 433 and 466&nbsp;MHz.
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Mendocino CPUs are family 6, model 6 and their Intel product code is 80524. These identifiers are shared with the related ''Dixon'' Mobile Pentium II variant.
==== Coppermine-128 ====
{{multiple image
| total_width = 320
| image1      = Celeron Coppermine-128 600.jpg
| caption1    = Celeron ''Coppermine 128'' 600&nbsp;MHz ([[FC-PGA]] package)
| image2      = Celeron Coppermine-128 600 back.jpg
| caption2    = Underside of a Celeron ''Coppermine 128'', 600&nbsp;MHz
}}
The next generation Celeron was the '' '[[Coppermine (microprocessor)|Coppermine]]-128' '' (sometimes known as the ''Celeron II''). These were a derivative of Intel's ''Coppermine'' [[Pentium III]] and were released on March 29, 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hachman |first=Mark |title=Intel launches Celerons with SIMD instruction-set extensions |url=http://www.my-esm.com/digest/story/OEG20000329S0006 |publisher=My-ESM |date=March 29, 2000 |access-date=July 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927070052/http://www.my-esm.com/digest/story/OEG20000329S0006 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> This Celeron used a Coppermine core with half of its L2 cache switched off, resulting in 128&nbsp;KB of 4-way associative on-chip L2 cache as on the Mendocino, and was initially likewise restricted to a 66&nbsp;MHz Front Side Bus speed. Despite the halved associativity on the L2 cache, which reduced hit rates compared to the full Coppermine design, it kept the 256-bit wide L2 cache bus, which meant an advantage compared to Mendocino and older Katmai/Pentium II designs, which all had a 64-bit datapath to their L2 caches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/519/5|title=Intel Celeron 600 "Coppermine128"|first=Anand Lal|last=Shimpi|website=anandtech.com|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/568/2|title=Intel Celeron 700|first=Anand Lal|last=Shimpi|website=anandtech.com|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> [[Streaming SIMD Extensions|SSE]] instructions were also enabled.
All Coppermine-128s were produced in the same [[FCPGA]] Socket 370 format that most Coppermine Pentium III CPUs used. These Celeron processors began at 533&nbsp;MHz and continued through 566, 600, 633, 667, 700, 733, and 766&nbsp;MHz. Because of the limitations of the 66&nbsp;MHz bus, there were diminishing returns on performance as clock rates increased. On January 3, 2001, Intel switched to a 100&nbsp;MHz bus with the launch of the 800&nbsp;MHz Celeron, resulting in a significant performance-per-clock improvement.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lal Shimpi| first=Anand| author-link=Anand Lal Shimpi | title=Intel Celeron 800: The first 100&nbsp;MHz FSB Celeron | url=http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=1393&p=1 | publisher=[[AnandTech]]|date=January 3, 2001|access-date=July 30, 2007}}</ref> All Coppermine-128 CPUs from 800&nbsp;MHz and higher use the 100&nbsp;MHz front side bus. Various models were made at 800, 850, 900, 950, 1000, and 1100&nbsp;MHz.
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Coppermine Celerons and Pentium IIIs are family 6, model 8 and their Intel product code is 80526.
==== Tualatin-256 ====
[[Image:Tualeron 1200.jpg|thumb|150px|A Tualatin-core Celeron 1.2&nbsp;GHz (''Tualeron'') (FC-PGA2 package)]]
These Celeron processors, released initially at 1.2&nbsp;GHz on October 2, 2001,<ref>{{cite news|last=Sigvartsen |first=Ana |title=Intel's Celeron reaches 1.2&nbsp;GHz |url=http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2001/10/j031001celeron_12ghz.html |publisher=Infosatellite.com |date=October 2, 2001 |access-date=July 31, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160212/http://infosatellite.com/news/2001/10/j031001celeron_12ghz.html |archive-date=October 12, 2007 }}</ref> were based on the Pentium III ''' '[[Pentium III#Tualatin|Tualatin]]'''' core and made with a 0.13 micrometer process for the [[FCPGA|FCPGA 2]] Socket 370. They were nicknamed "Tualeron" by some enthusiasts — a portmanteau of the words [[Pentium III#Tualatin|Tualatin]] and Celeron. Some software and users refer to the chips as ''Celeron-S'', referring to the chip's lineage with the Pentium III-S, but this is not an official designation. Intel later released 1&nbsp;GHz and 1.1&nbsp;GHz parts (which were given the extension ''A'' to their name to differentiate them from the Coppermine-128 of the same clock rate they replaced).<ref>{{cite news|last=Sigvartsen|first=Ana|title=Intel's Celeron gets major power boost|url=http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2001/12/h071201celeron_tualatin.html|publisher=Infosatellite.com|date=December 7, 2001|access-date=July 31, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160217/http://infosatellite.com/news/2001/12/h071201celeron_tualatin.html|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A 1.3&nbsp;GHz chip, launched January 4, 2002,<ref>{{cite news|last=Sigvartsen|first=Ana|title=Intel launches Celeron 1.3&nbsp;GHz|url=http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2002/01/h040102intel_celeron_3ghz.html|publisher=Infosatellite.com|date=January 4, 2002|access-date=July 31, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160232/http://infosatellite.com/news/2002/01/h040102intel_celeron_3ghz.html|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and finally a 1.4&nbsp;GHz chip, launched May 15, 2002 (the same day as the 1.7&nbsp;GHz Willamette-based Celeron launch),<ref>{{cite news|last=Sigvartsen|first=Ana|title=Intel launches Celeron with new core|url=http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2002/05/a160502celerons.html|publisher=Infosatellite.com|date=May 16, 2002|access-date=July 31, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160237/http://infosatellite.com/news/2002/05/a160502celerons.html|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> marked the end of the Tualatin-256 line.
The most significant differences compared to the Pentium III Tualatin are a lower 100&nbsp;MHz bus and fixed 256&nbsp;KB of L2 cache (whereas the Pentium III was offered with either 256&nbsp;KB or 512&nbsp;KB L2 cache); cache associativity stayed at 8-way,<ref>download.intel.com/support/processors/celeron/sb/29859604.pdf</ref> although the newly introduced data prefetching appears to have been disabled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realworldtech.com/data-prefetching/|title=Data Prefetch Logic - What is it Worth?|website=www.realworldtech.com|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> Furthermore, the Tualatin-256's L2 cache has a higher latency which boosted manufacturing yields for this budget CPU.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} On the other hand, this improved stability when overclocking and most of them had no problem working at 133&nbsp;MHz FSB for a substantial performance increase.
Despite offering much improved performance over the Coppermine Celeron it superseded, the Tualatin Celeron still suffered stiff competition from AMD's [[Duron]] budget processor.<ref>{{cite news|first=Frank| last=Völkel |author2=Töpelt, Bert|title=Intel vs. AMD: Celeron 1300 vs. Duron 1200|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/2002/01/03/intel_vs/|publisher=[[Tom's Hardware Guide]] | date=January 3, 2002|access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref> Intel later responded by releasing the NetBurst Willamette Celeron, and for some time Tualatin Celerons were manufactured and sold in parallel with the Pentium 4-based Celerons that replaced them.
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Tualatin Celerons and Pentium IIIs are family 6, model 11 and their Intel product code is 80530.
=== NetBurst-based Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Netburst based Celerons}}
==== Willamette-128 ====
These Celerons were for socket 478 and were based on the ''[[Pentium 4#Willamette|Willamette]]'' [[Pentium 4]] core, being a completely different design compared to the previous Tualatin Celeron. These are often known as the ''Celeron 4''. Their L2 cache (128&nbsp;KB) is half that of the ''Willamette''-based Pentium 4's 256&nbsp;KB of L2 cache, but otherwise the two are very similar. With the transition to the Pentium 4 core the Celeron now featured SSE2 instructions. The ability to share the same socket as the Pentium 4 meant that the Celeron now had the option to use [[RDRAM]], [[DDR SDRAM]], or traditional [[SDRAM#SDR SDRAM|SDRAM]]. Willamette Celerons were launched May 15, 2002, initially at 1.7&nbsp;GHz, and offered a noticeable performance improvement over the older 1.3&nbsp;GHz ''Tualatin''-based Celeron part, being able to finally outperform a 1.3&nbsp;GHz AMD Duron, which at the time was AMD's top competing budget processor.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schmidt|first=Patrick|title=Good Old Newbie: Intel's 1.7 GHz Celeron for Socket 478|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/2002/05/15/good_old_newbie/|publisher=[[Tom's Hardware Guide]]|date=May 15, 2002|access-date=July 30, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On June 12, 2002, Intel launched the last Willamette Celeron, a 1.8&nbsp;GHz model.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sigvartsen|first=Ana|title=Intel pushes Celerons to 1.8 GHz|url=http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2002/06/a130602celeron_18.html|publisher=Infosatellite.com|date=June 13, 2002|access-date=July 30, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160258/http://infosatellite.com/news/2002/06/a130602celeron_18.html|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It contains 42 million transistors and has a die area of 217&nbsp;mm<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chiplist.com/Intel_Pentium_4_Celeron_processor_Willamette_128/tree3f-subsection--2027-/|title=Intel Pentium 4 Celeron processor (Willamette-128)|work=chiplist.com}}</ref>
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Willamette Celerons and Pentium 4s are family 15, model 1, and their Intel product code is 80531.
==== Northwood-128 ====
These socket 478 Celerons are based on the ''[[Pentium 4#Northwood|Northwood]]'' Pentium 4 core, and also have 128&nbsp;KB of L2&nbsp;cache. The only difference between the ''Northwood-128''-based and the ''Willamette-128''-based Celeron is the fact that it was built on the new 130&nbsp;nm process which shrank the die size, increased the transistor count, and lowered the core voltage from 1.7&nbsp;V on the ''Willamette-128'' to 1.52&nbsp;V for the ''Northwood-128''. Despite these differences, they are functionally the same as the Willamette-128 Celeron, and perform largely the same clock-for-clock. The ''Northwood-128'' family of processors were initially released as a 2&nbsp;GHz core (a 1.9&nbsp;GHz model was announced earlier, but never launched<ref>{{cite news|last=Sigvartsen|first=Ana|title=Intel plans faster 0.13-micron Celeron|url=http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2002/06/a170602celeron.html|publisher=Infosatellite.com|date=June 17, 2002|access-date=July 30, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160303/http://infosatellite.com/news/2002/06/a170602celeron.html|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>) on September 18, 2002.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sigvartsen|first=Ana|title=Intel launches new Celeron, updates prices|url=http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2002/09/a190902celeron.html|publisher=Infosatellite.com|date=September 19, 2002|access-date=July 30, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095201/http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2002/09/a190902celeron.html|archive-date=October 6, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since that time Intel has released a total of 10 different clock speeds ranging from 1.8&nbsp;GHz to 2.8&nbsp;GHz, before being surpassed by the Celeron D. Although the ''Northwood''-based Celerons suffer considerably from their small L2&nbsp;cache, some clock rates have been favored in the enthusiast market because, like the old 300A, they can run well above their specified clock rate.<ref name="Schmid" />
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Northwood Celerons and Pentium 4s are family 15, model 2, and their Intel product code is 80532.
==== Prescott-256 {{Anchor|Celeron D}} ====
[[File:Intel Celeron D 340 (Prescott) (JPG).jpg|thumb|Prescott Celeron D 340 die shot ]]
Prescott-256 '''Celeron D''' processors, initially launched June 25, 2004,<ref>{{cite news|last=Shilov|first=Anton|title=Intel Officially Launched Celeron D Processors.|url=http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040625022821.html|publisher=X-bit labs|date=June 25, 2004|access-date=July 31, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014514/http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040625022821.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> featuring double the L1 cache (16&nbsp;KB) and L2 cache (256&nbsp;KB) as compared to the previous Willamette and Northwood desktop Celerons, by virtue of being based on the ''[[Pentium 4#Prescott|Prescott]]'' Pentium 4 core.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Derek|title=Intel Celeron D: New, Improved & Exceeds Expectations|url=http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2093| publisher=[[AnandTech]]|date=June 24, 2004|access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
It also features a 533&nbsp;MT/s bus and [[SSE3]], and a 3xx model number (compared to 5xx for Pentium 4s and 7xx for Pentium Ms). The Prescott-256 Celeron D was manufactured for [[Socket 478]] and [[LGA 775]], with 3x0 and 3x5 designations from 310 through to 355 at clock speeds of 2.13&nbsp;GHz to 3.33&nbsp;GHz.
The Intel Celeron D processor works with the Intel 845 and 865 chipset families. The ''D'' suffix actually has no official designation and does not indicate that these models are dual-core. It is used simply to distinguish this line of Celeron from the previous, lower performing Northwood and Willamette series, and also from the mobile series, the Celeron M (which also uses 3xx model numbers).<ref>{{cite news|last=Aubrey|first=John|title=Celeron D: the Little Processor that Could|url=http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Computer-Processors/Celeron-D-the-Little-Processor-that-Could|publisher=Dev Hardware| date=April 18, 2005| access-date=September 23, 2006}}</ref> Unlike the [[Pentium D]], the Celeron D is ''not'' a dual core processor.
The Celeron D was a major performance improvement over previous NetBurst-based Celerons. A test using a variety of applications, run by Derek Wilson at Anandtech.com, showed that the new Celeron D architecture alone offered up performance improvements on average of >10% over a Northwood Celeron when both CPUs were run at the same bus and clock rate.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Derek|title=Intel Celeron D: New, Improved & Exceeds Expectations|url=http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2093&p=5|publisher=[[AnandTech]]| date=June 24, 2004|access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref> This CPU also had the addition of SSE3 instructions and the higher FSB which only contributed to this already impressive gain.
Despite its many improvements, the ''Prescott'' core of the Celeron D had at least one major drawback{{snd}} heat. Unlike the fairly cool-running Northwood Celeron, the Prescott-256 had a class-rated [[thermal design power|TDP]] of 73&nbsp;W, which prompted Intel to include a more intricate copper core/aluminum finned cooler to help handle the additional heat.<ref>{{cite news | last=Gavrichenkov | first=Ilya | title=Intel Celeron D CPU: Budget Processors from Intel Acquire Prescott Core | url=http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/celeron-d_6.html | publisher=X-bit labs | date=June 25, 2004 | access-date=July 31, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807042345/http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/celeron-d_6.html | archive-date=August 7, 2007 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
In mid-2005, Intel refreshed the Celeron D with [[Intel 64]] and [[XD Bit]] (eXecute Disable) enabled. Model numbers increase by 1 over the previous generation (e.g., 330 became 331). This only applied to [[LGA 775]] Celeron Ds. There are no [[Socket 478]] CPUs with XD Bit capabilities.
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Prescott Celeron Ds and Pentium 4s are family 15, model 3 (up to stepping E0) or 4 (stepping E0 onwards), and their Intel product code is 80546 or 80547, depending on socket type.
==== Cedar Mill-512 ====
Based on the ''Cedar Mill'' Pentium 4 core, this version of the Celeron D was launched May 28, 2006, and continued the 3xx naming scheme with the Celeron D 347 (3.06&nbsp;GHz), 352 (3.2&nbsp;GHz), 356 (3.33&nbsp;GHz), 360 (3.46&nbsp;GHz), and 365 (3.6&nbsp;GHz). The Cedar Mill Celeron D is largely the same as the Prescott-256, except with double the L2 cache (512&nbsp;KB) and based on a 65&nbsp;nm manufacturing process. The Cedar Mill-512 Celeron D is LGA 775 exclusive. The main benefits of the Cedar Mill Celerons over the Prescott Celerons are the slightly increased performance due to the larger L2 cache, higher clock rates, and less heat dissipation, with several models having a TDP lowered to 65&nbsp;W from Prescott's lowest offering of 73&nbsp;W.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kowaliski|first=Cyril|title=65 nm Celeron Ds coming May&nbsp;28|url=http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/9982|publisher=[[The Tech Report]]|date=May 16, 2006|access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Cedar Mill Celeron Ds and Pentium 4s are family 15, model 6, and their Intel product code is 80552.
=== Core-based Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Core based Celerons}}
==== Conroe-L ====
[[Image:Intel Celeron 420.png|thumb|150px|Celeron 420 (Conroe-L, 1.6&nbsp;GHz)]]
{{Main|Conroe (microprocessor)#Conroe-L}}
The Conroe-L Celeron is a single-core processor built on the [[Core (microarchitecture)|Core microarchitecture]] and is thus clocked much lower than the Cedar Mill Celerons, but still outperforms them. It is based on the 65&nbsp;nm [[Conroe (microprocessor)#Conroe-L|Conroe-L]] core,<ref>{{cite news| last=Huynh| first=Anh| title=Intel "Conroe-L" Details Unveiled| url=http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4252| work=[[DailyTech]]| date=September 20, 2006| access-date=September 23, 2006| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306021304/http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4252| archive-date=March 6, 2012| df=dmy-all}}</ref> and uses a 400-series model number sequence.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4657|title=Intel Adds Cheapest Celeron 420 In June|last=Visionary|date=February 13, 2007|work=VR-Zone|access-date=December 20, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303210711/http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4657|archive-date=March 3, 2007}}</ref> The FSB was increased to 800&nbsp;MT/s from 533&nbsp;MT/s in this generation, and the TDP was decreased from 65&nbsp;W to 35&nbsp;W. As is traditional with Celerons, it does not have Intel [[X86 virtualization|VT-x]] instruction support or [[SpeedStep]] (although Enhanced Halt State is enabled, allowing the Celerons to lower the multiplier to 6× and decrease core voltage while idle). All Conroe-L models are single-core processors for the value segment of the market, much like the AMD K8-based [[Sempron]]. The product line was launched on June 5, 2007.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/90628 | title=Pentium Dual-Core E1000, Celeron 400, P35 und G33 starten offiziell | language=de | work=[[Heinz Heise|Heise News Ticker]] | date=June 5, 2007 | access-date=June 13, 2007}}</ref>
On October 21, 2007, Intel presented a new processor for its Intel Essential Series. The full name of the processor is Celeron 220 and is soldered on the D201GLY2 motherboard. With 1.2&nbsp;GHz and a 512&nbsp;KB L2&nbsp;cache it has a TDP of 19&nbsp;W and can be cooled passively. The Celeron 220 is the successor of the Celeron 215 which is based on a Yonah core and used on the D201GLY motherboard. This processor is exclusively used on the mini-ITX boards targeted to the sub-value market segment.
==== Allendale {{Anchor|Allendale-512|Celeron Dual-Core}} ====
{{Main|Conroe (microprocessor)#Allendale}}
Intel launched the dual core Celeron E1xxx processor line on January 20, 2008, based on the Allendale core. The CPU has 800&nbsp;MT/s FSB, 65&nbsp;W TDP and uses 512&nbsp;KB of the chip's 2&nbsp;MB L2&nbsp;cache, significantly limiting performance for uses such as gaming. New features to the Celeron family included full enhanced halt state and enhanced Intel [[SpeedStep]] technology. Clock rates range from 1.6&nbsp;GHz to 2.4&nbsp;GHz. It is compatible with other Allendale-based CPUs such as the Core 2 Duo E4xxx and Pentium Dual-Core E2xxx.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20071011171900.html| title=Intel Preps Dual-Core Celeron Processors| date=October 11, 2007| access-date=November 12, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104025126/http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20071011171900.html| archive-date=November 4, 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==== Wolfdale-3M ====
{{Main|Wolfdale (microprocessor)#Wolfdale-3M}}
The Celeron E3000 series, starting with E3200 and E3300, was released in August 2009, featuring the Wolfdale-3M core used in [[Pentium Dual-Core]] E5000, Pentium E6000 and [[Core 2]] Duo E7000 series. The main difference to Allendale-based Celeron processors is the support for [[Intel VT-x]] and increased performance due to the double L2 Cache of 1&nbsp;MB.
=== Nehalem-based Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Nehalem based Celerons|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Nehalem based Celerons 3}}
==== Clarkdale ====
{{Main|Clarkdale (microprocessor)}}
With the introduction of the Desktop Core i3 and Core i5 processor code named ''Clarkdale'' in January 2010, Intel also added a new Celeron line, starting with the Celeron G1101. This is the first Celeron to come with on-chip [[PCI Express]] and integrated graphics. Despite using the same Clarkdale chip as the Core i5-6xx line, it does not support [[Intel Turbo Boost|Turbo Boost]], [[HyperThreading]], [[Intel VT-d|VT-d]], [[Simultaneous multithreading|SMT]], [[Trusted Execution Technology]] or [[AES instruction set|AES new instructions]], and it comes with only 2&nbsp;MB of third-level cache enabled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=43523&code=g1101|title=ARK – Intel® Celeron® Processor G1101 (2M Cache, 2.26 GHz)|work=Intel® ARK (Product Specs)}}</ref>
==== Jasper Forest ====
{{Main|Jasper Forest (microprocessor)}}
The Celeron P1053 is an embedded processor for [[Socket 1366]] from the ''Jasper Forest'' family. All other members of this family are known as Xeon C35xx or C55xx. The Jasper Forest chip is closely related to [[Lynnfield (microprocessor)|Lynnfield]] and contains four cores, 8&nbsp;MB of L3&nbsp;cache and a QPI interface, but most of these are disabled in the Celeron version, leaving a single core with 2&nbsp;MB of L3&nbsp;cache.
=== Sandy Bridge-based desktop Celerons ===
[[File:Celeron G530 2.4GHz.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Celeron G530 2.4 GHz "Sandy Bridge"]]
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Sandy Bridge based Celerons}}
The Sandy Bridge-based Celeron processors were released in 2011. They are [[LGA 1155]] processors (available in single- and dual-core versions) with integrated Intel HD Graphics GPU and containing up to 2&nbsp;MB of L3&nbsp;cache. Turbo-Boost, AVX and AES-NI have been disabled. Hyper-Threading is available on some single-core models, namely G460, G465 and G470.
=== Ivy Bridge-based desktop Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#.22Ivy_Bridge.22_.2822_nm.29}}
All Celerons of this generation belong in the G16xx series. They give some boost in performance over Sandy Bridge-based Celerons due to a 22&nbsp;nm die shrink, as well as some other minor improvements.
=== Haswell-based desktop Celerons ===
{{Main|Haswell (microarchitecture)}}
=== Skylake-based desktop Celerons ===
All Celerons of this generation added [[AES-NI]] and [[RDRAND]] instruction set.
=== Kaby Lake-based desktop Celerons ===
{{Main|Kaby Lake}}
=== Coffee Lake-based desktop Celerons ===
{{Main|Coffee Lake}}
=== Comet Lake-based desktop Celerons ===
{{Main|Comet Lake}}
=== Alder Lake-based desktop Celerons ===
{{Main|Alder Lake}}
== Mobile Celerons ==
=== P6-based mobile Celerons {{Anchor|Celeron M}} ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#P6 based Celerons 2}}
==== Mendocino (mobile) ====
[[Image:Celeron mobile.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mobile Celeron in BGA2 package]]
Similar to the Mendocino (Celeron-A): 250&nbsp;nm, 32&nbsp;KB L1 cache and 128&nbsp;KB L2 cache, but uses a lower voltage (1.5–1.9&nbsp;V) and two power-saving modes: Quick Start, and Deep Sleep. Packaged in the small, 615-pin [[BGA2]] or [[Micro-PGA2]] package.
==== Tualatin-256 (mobile) ====
These were the first Mobile Celerons based on the Tualatin core. They differed from their desktop counterparts in that the Mobile series were offered in both 100&nbsp;MHz and 133&nbsp;MHz FSB. Like the desktop Tualatins, these chips had 256&nbsp;KB of L2 cache.
=== NetBurst-based mobile Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Netburst based Celerons 2}}
==== Northwood-256 ====
These are the Mobile Celeron range used in laptops. Also based on the Northwood core, they feature a 256&nbsp;KB L2 cache. These Celeron processors were a good deal higher performing than the desktop counterparts because of their larger L2 cache sizes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/news521.html|title=New Mobile Celeron on Northwood-256 Core|first=Anna|last=Filatova|date=June 25, 2002|access-date=March 13, 2007|publisher=X-bit labs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194649/http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/news521.html|archive-date=September 27, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> They were eventually replaced by the Celeron M brand which is built around the Pentium M processor design.
=== Pentium M-based mobile Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Pentium-M based Celerons}}
==== Banias-512 ====
This Celeron (sold under the '''Celeron M''' brand) is based on the ''Banias'' [[Pentium M]], and differs from its parent in that it has half the L2 cache, and does not support the clock-varying SpeedStep technology. It performs reasonably well compared to the Pentium M, but battery life is noticeably shorter on a Celeron M–based notebook than it is on a comparable Pentium M notebook.
A system based on the Celeron M processor may not use the [[Centrino]] brand name, regardless of what chipset and [[Wi-Fi]] components are used.
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Banias Celeron Ms and Pentium Ms are family 6, model 9 and their Intel product code is 80535.
==== Shelton ====
The ''Shelton'' core is a Banias core without ''any'' L2 cache and SpeedStep. It is used in Intel's small form factor D845GVSH motherboard, intended for Asian and South American markets. The processor identifies itself as a "Intel Celeron 1.0B [[gigahertz|GHz]]", to differentiate it from the previous Coppermine-128 and Tualatin 1.0&nbsp;GHz processors.
The Shelton'08 is a basic platform for a low cost notebook released by Intel at January 2008. The platform uses Intel's single-core Diamondville CPU with a clock frequency of 1.6&nbsp;GHz and a 533&nbsp;MT/s FSB and power consumption of 3.5&nbsp;W. The platform's total power consumption is around 8&nbsp;W, translating to battery usage time of between 3–4 hours. The platform consists of a 945GSE chipset, which includes built-in DirectX 9 graphics and supports single channel DDR2 memory. An 802.11g Wi-Fi module, USB/PATA port SSD (solid state drive), and a 7- or 8-inch panel will typically round out the platform.
==== Dothan-1024 ====
A 90&nbsp;nm Celeron M with half of the L2 cache of the 90&nbsp;nm ''Dothan'' Pentium Ms (twice the L2 cache of the 130&nbsp;nm Celeron Ms, though), and, like its predecessor, lacking SpeedStep. The first Celeron Ms that supports the [[XD bit]] was released in January 2005, in general any Celeron M released after that supports the [[XD bit]]. There is also a 512&nbsp;KB low voltage version that was used in the early [[ASUS Eee PC]] models.
In Intel's "Family/Model/Stepping" scheme, Dothan Celeron Ms and Pentium Ms are family 6, model 13 and their Intel product code is 80536.
==== Yonah ====
{{Main|Yonah (microprocessor)}}{{Anchor|Yonah-1024}}
The Celeron M 400-series is a 65&nbsp;nm Celeron M based on the single-core '''[[Yonah (microprocessor)|Yonah]]''' chip, like the [[Intel Core#Core 2 Solo|Core Solo]]. Like its predecessors in the Celeron M series, this Celeron M has half of the L2 cache (1&nbsp;MB) of Core Solo and lacks SpeedStep. This core also brings new features to Celeron M including a higher front side bus (533&nbsp;MT/s), [[SSE3]] instructions. September 2006 and January 4, 2008, mark a discontinuation of many ''Celeron M'' branded CPUs.<ref name="See DigiTimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34115/122/|title=Intel to discontinue older Centrino CPUs in Q1 08|date=October 1, 2007|website=TG Daily|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102195746/http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34115/122/|archive-date=November 2, 2007|access-date=October 1, 2007}}</ref>
=== Core-based mobile Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Core based Celerons 2}}
==== Merom-L {{Anchor|Merom-L|Merom-1024}} ====
{{Main|Merom (microprocessor)#Merom-L}}
The Celeron M 523 (933&nbsp;MHz ULV), M&nbsp;520 (1.6&nbsp;GHz), M&nbsp;530 (1.73&nbsp;GHz), 530 (1.73&nbsp;GHz), 540 (1.86&nbsp;GHz), 550 (2.0&nbsp;GHz), 560 (2.13&nbsp;GHz), 570 (2.26&nbsp;GHz)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyID=288|title=Intel® Celeron® Processor|work=Intel® ARK (Product Specs)}}</ref> are single-core 65&nbsp;nm CPUs based on the ''Merom'' [[Core 2]] architecture. They feature a 533&nbsp;MT/s FSB, 1&nbsp;MB of L2 cache (half that of the low end Core 2 Duo's 2&nbsp;MB cache), XD-bit support, and Intel 64 technology, but lack SpeedStep and [[Intel VT-x|Virtualization Technology]]. Two different processor models are used with identical part numbers with the same part numbers, single-core Merom-L with 1&nbsp;MB cache and dual-core Merom with 4&nbsp;MB L2&nbsp;cache that have the extra cache and core disabled. Celeron M 523, M 520 and M 530 are [[Socket M]]-based, while Celeron 530 through 570 (without the M) are for [[Socket P]]. January 4, 2008, marked the discontinuation of Merom CPUs.<ref name="See DigiTimes" />
==== Merom-2M {{Anchor|Merom-2M}} ====
{{Main|Merom (microprocessor)#Merom-2M}}
The Celeron 573 (1&nbsp;GHz, ULV), 575 (2&nbsp;GHz) and 585 (2.16&nbsp;GHz) are based on the Merom-2M core with only one core and 1&nbsp;MB L2&nbsp;cache enabled. They are similar to the Merom and Merom-L based Celerons but have a faster 667&nbsp;MT/s FSB.
The Celeron T1xxx processors are also based on the Merom-2M chips but have both cores enabled. The earlier T1400 (1.73&nbsp;GHz) and T1500 (1.86&nbsp;GHz) versions have a 533&nbsp;MT/s FSB and 512&nbsp;B L2&nbsp;cache, while the more recent T1600 (1.66&nbsp;GHz) and T1700 (1.83&nbsp;GHz) versions have 667&nbsp;MT/s and 1&nbsp;MB L2&nbsp;cache enabled but come with a lower clock frequency.
==== Penryn-3M ====
{{Main|Penryn (microprocessor)#Penryn-3M}}
[[File:Intel Microprocessor Celeron 900 AW80585900 SLGLQ in mPGA478MN socket-3595.jpg|thumb|Celeron 900]]
At the same time as the dual-core Merom-2M, Intel introduced the first 45&nbsp;nm Celeron processor based on the Penryn-3M core with 800&nbsp;MT/s FSB, 1&nbsp;MB L2 cache and one core enabled. This includes the Celeron M 7xx [[Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage]] (CULV) series starting at 1.2&nbsp;GHz and the later Celeron 900 (2.2&nbsp;GHz).
The initial 45&nbsp;nm dual-core Celeron processor was released in June 2009 and is also based on Penryn-3M. The Celeron T3000 (1.8&nbsp;GHz) and T3100 (1.9&nbsp;GHz) again come with 1&nbsp;MB of L2 cache enabled and an 800&nbsp;MT/s FSB. In September 2009, Intel also started the dual-core CULV Celeron SU2000 series, again with 1&nbsp;MB L2 cache. Despite the similar name, they are very different from Pentium SU2000 (with 2&nbsp;MB L2 cache and one active core) and Pentium T3000 (based on the 65&nbsp;nm [[Merom (microprocessor)|Merom]] processor).
=== Nehalem-based mobile Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Nehalem based Celerons 2}}
==== Arrandale ====
{{Main|Arrandale (microprocessor)}}
The Arrandale-based Celeron P4xxx and U3xxx lines are low-end versions of the Pentium P6xxx and U5xxx lines, originally released as the mobile dual-core lines of Core i3/i5/i7. Like the Clarkdale-based Celeron G1xxx, they use 2&nbsp;MB of L3&nbsp;cache, which is the amount that the earlier "Penryn" based CPUs used in the Pentium brand as their L2&nbsp;cache. Like all Arrandale processors, the Celeron P4xxx and U3xxx use an integrated graphics core.
=== Sandy Bridge-based mobile Celerons ===
{{Main|List of Intel Celeron microprocessors#Sandy Bridge based Celerons|Sandy Bridge}}
The Celeron B8xx processors released in 2011 follow the Arrandale line. They are Dual-Core processors with integrated graphics and use the same chips as the Pentium B9xx and Core i3/i5/i7-2xxx mobile processors, but with Turbo-Boost, Hyper-Threading, VT-d, TXT and AES-NI disabled and the L3 cache reduced to 2MB.
== Dual-processor support ==
As a budget processor, the Celeron does not support a [[Multiprocessing|dual-processor]] configuration using multiple CPU sockets, however it has been discovered that multiprocessing could be enabled on Slot 1 Celeron processors by connecting a pin on the CPU core to a contact on the processor card's connector.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kikumaru.w-w.ne.jp/pc/celeron/index_e.html|title=The Dual Celeron System|last=Kawada|first=Tomohiro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210013824/http://kikumaru.w-w.ne.jp/pc/celeron/index_e.html|archive-date=February 10, 2001|access-date=November 1, 2009}}</ref> In addition, Mendocino Socket 370 processors can use multiprocessing when used on specific dual Slot 1 motherboards by using a slot adapter.{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}
The unofficial SMP support was removed in the Coppermine Celerons, and dual-socket support is now limited to higher-end Xeon server-class processors. Conroe/Allendale based Celeron processors and later support multiprocessing using [[multi-core]] chips, but are still limited to one socket.
The [[ABIT BP6]] motherboard also allows two Mendocino Socket 370 Celeron processors to operate in a [[symmetric multiprocessing]] (SMP) configuration without any modification to the CPUs or the motherboard.
== See also ==
* [[List of Intel Celeron processors]]
== References ==
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* {{Cite web|url=https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/77504/intel-celeron-processor-j-series.html|title=Intel® Celeron® Processor J Series Product Specifications|website=ark.intel.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-02}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Celeron/TYPE-Mobile%20Celeron%20(Bay%20Trail-M).html|title=Intel Mobile Celeron (Bay Trail-M) microprocessor family|website=www.cpu-world.com|access-date=2019-04-02}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Celeron/TYPE-Mobile%20Celeron%20(Braswell).html|title=Intel Mobile Celeron (Braswell) microprocessor family|website=www.cpu-world.com|access-date=2019-04-02}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Celeron/TYPE-Mobile%20Celeron%20(Gemini%20Lake).html|title=Intel Mobile Celeron (Gemini Lake) microprocessor family|website=www.cpu-world.com|access-date=2019-04-02}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Celeron/TYPE-Mobile%20Celeron%20(Apollo%20Lake).html|title=Intel Mobile Celeron (Apollo Lake) microprocessor family|website=www.cpu-world.com|access-date=2019-04-02}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/cores/braswell|title=Braswell - Cores - Intel - WikiChip|website=en.wikichip.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-02}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/au/en/embedded/products/apollo-lake/overview.html|title=Apollo Lake: Overview|website=Intel|language=en|access-date=2019-04-02}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.intel.com/products/processor/celeron_m/index.htm Intel Celeron M Processor – Product overview]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820204039/http://balusc.xs4all.nl/srv/har-cpu-int-pm.php Intel Celeron M Banias, Dothan, and Yonah specifications]
* [http://www.cpu-collection.de/?tn=0&l0=co&l1=Intel&l2=P%20II%20Celeron Intel Pentium II] and [http://www.cpu-collection.de/?tn=0&l0=co&l1=Intel&l2=P%20III%20Celeron Pentium III] based Celerons at cpu-collection.de
* [http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/pcw/docs/360/112/html/1.jpg.html Intel CPU Transition Roadmap 2008–2013]
* [http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/pcw/docs/360/112/html/2.jpg.html Intel Desktop CPU Roadmap 2004–2011]
* [http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/pcw/docs/360/112/html/5.jpg.html Intel Mobile CPU Roadmap 2004–2011]
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