Intel Celeron 900
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No, this is not a 'Tualatin' as many would think because they see a heatspreader. This is a FC-PGA2 'Coppermine' CPU which is also known as the Coppermine-T. As since all FC-PGA2 CPU's have a heatspreader, this CPU has one too.

A little story on the PPGA, FC-PGA and FC-PGA2:
PPGA stands for Plastic Pin Grid Array. It means the CPU has a plastic packaging and some pins. Compare it with an old socket A AMD Athlon as they have CPGA, which is Ceramic. PPGA was the technique Intel used for their first generation Celeron's using a 'socket' instead of 'slot'.

FC-PGA stands for Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array. As the name says, it's flipped. A processor has a 'die' which is the packaging of the 'core'. The 'core' is the actual 'logic' or easily said: processor (For a better understanding see this image. The blue thing is the 'die'.). With FC-PGA the 'die' is flipped so it will face downwards on the packaging on which the back of the 'die' will be exposed. In the linked picture you are actually looking at the back of the 'die'. The advantage is that the heatsink can have a more direct contact.

FC-PGA2 is the second version of FC-PGA and all it does is including a heatspreader. In my opinion 'heatspreader' is not the correct word as it doesn't spread the heat. It merely blocks the heat as the heatspreader is just an extra layer between the 'die' and the heatsink. The less layers, the better the cooling. The actual job of the heatspreader is protection. The 'die' won't fry immediately when the PC is turned on without a heatsink installed on the CPU. Neither people can crush the fragile 'die' by installing the heatsink incorrectly.

The CPU works like a charm but is not as fast as an Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon/Duron. Not surprising as the Celeron is Intel's budget-line CPU. Though times have been better in the past. The older Celeron 'Mendocino' was practically ahead at it's bigger brother, the Pentium II. The Pentium II had 512KB off-die L2 cache at 50% of the internal clockfrequency. The Celeron had 128KB on-die L2 cache at full speed. A bigger cache is usually faster but a faster, yet smaller cache, is often better. But, all this will turn out when the benchmarks of the 'Covington', 'Mendocino' and 'Deschutes' are up ;).

Specifications
Core / Codename
Coppermine
Clockfrequency
900MHz
Front Side Bus
100MHz
Multiplier
9x
vCore
1,75V
L1 cache
16KB + 16KB
L2 cache
128KB On-die fullspeed
sSpec
SL633
Chip date
0152
Stepping
cD0
Socket
S370
Transistor count
28.1M
Condition
CPU Only
Engineering sample?
No

Benchmarks
CPU (chipset) Cinebench 2003 (Multi CPU rendering) score
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (iP35)
19.50
Opteron 2218 (nV3600)
39.09
Pentium D 830 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
48.20
Pentium D 920 (2.8 GHz) (i865PE)
56.80
Pentium 4 Extreme Ed. 3.46GHz (PT880)
63.60
Pentium 4 571 (3.8 GHz) (i865PE)
65.50
Xeon 3.73 GHz (iP35)
66.99
Pentium 4 560 (3.6 GHz) (i865PE)
69.70
Pentium 4 650 (3.4 GHz) (i865PE)
73.20
Pentium 4 3C GHz (i865G)
73.70
Pentium 4 3.2E GHz (i865G)
78.20
Pentium 4 530 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
82.80
Pentium 4 630 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
82.90
Pentium 4 3E GHz (i865G)
83.80
Athlon 64 FX 51 (AMD8111)
86.20
Pentium 4 520 (2.8 GHz) (i865PE)
89.90
Athlon 64 3200+ (K8T800)
93.70
Pentium 4 2.66 GHz (i865G)
98.30
Pentium 4 524 (3.06 GHz) (i865PE)
98.40
Celeron D 355 (3.33 GHz) (i865PE)
102.20
Pentium 4 2.53 GHz (i865G)
104.00
Athlon XP 2400+ (SiS745)
104.40
Opteron 844 (AMD8111)
104.70
Athlon XP 2600+ (nForce2)
108.30
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz (i865G)
108.60
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz (i845G)
110.20
Athlon XP 2500+ (SiS745)
112.90
Athlon XP 2200+ (SiS745)
115.50
Celeron D 335 (2.8 GHz) (i865G)
117.20
Duron 1800 (SiS745)
118.00
Athlon XP 2100+ (SiS745)
120.20
Celeron D 330 (2.66 GHz) (i865G)
125.20
Athlon XP 1900+ (SiS745)
130.00
Pentium 4 2.0A GHz (i865G)
131.60
Pentium 4 2.0A GHz (i845G)
132.40
Athlon HX 1400 (AMD8111 A0)
135.00
Athlon XP 1800+ (SiS745)
135.80
Sempron 2200+ (nForce2)
138.00
Athlon XP 1700+ (SiS745)
141.80
Celeron 2.7 GHz (i865G)
144.50
Pentium 4 1.8A GHz (i865G)
146.80
Athlon XP 1600+ (SiS745)
149.70
Athlon 1400 (SiS745)
150.40
Pentium 4 1.8 GHz (i865G)
152.70
Celeron 2.4 GHz (i865G)
156.00
Athlon 1333 (SiS745)
157.90
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (i865G)
160.10
Pentium III-S 1400 (i815)
160.90
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (i845G)
161.90
Celeron 2.2 GHz (i865G)
165.60
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (i865G)
170.60
Pentium 4 1.5A GHz (i865G)
175.50
Pentium 4 1.5A GHz (i845G)
176.40
Celeron 2.0 GHz (i865G)
176.70
Mobile Athlon 4 1200 (SiS745)
176.80
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (i865G)
181.60
Celeron 1.8 GHz (i865G)
184.40
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (i850)
185.00
Celeron 1.7 GHz (i865G)
194.40
Celeron 1200 (i815)
194.50
Pentium 4 1.4 GHz (i850)
194.90
Duron 1100 (SiS745)
197.10
Pentium III-S 1133 (i815)
197.70
Pentium 4 1.3 GHz (i850)
209.00
Celeron 1100A (i815)
209.40
Athlon 1000 (SiS745)
210.50
Pentium III 1000 (i815)
234.30
Pentium III 933 (i815)
248.40
Athlon 850 (SiS745)
252.00
Mobile Duron 850 (SiS745)
252.60
Pentium III 900 (i815)
259.30
Pentium III 866 (i815)
267.00
Pentium III 850 (i815)
274.00
Duron 750 (SiS745)
291.10
Pentium III 800EB (i815)
295.80
Duron 700 (SiS745)
307.60
Celeron 900 (i815)
319.30
Pentium III 733 (i815)
322.20
Duron 650 (SiS745)
331.20
Celeron 850 (i815)
340.30
Pentium 4 1.x GHz (i850)
347.50
Pentium III 667 (i815)
353.70
Duron 600 (SiS745)
357.40
Celeron 667 (i815)
436.00
Celeron 633 (i815)
461.80
Celeron 600 (i815)
467.00
Celeron 566 (i815)
499.80
CPU (chipset) CPUMark '99 score
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (iP35)
339.00
Opteron 2218 (nV3600)
335.00
Athlon 64 FX 51 (AMD8111)
280.00
Athlon 64 3200+ (K8T800)
254.00
Pentium 4 Extreme Ed. 3.46GHz (PT880)
246.00
Opteron 844 (AMD8111)
230.00
Pentium 4 571 (3.8 GHz) (i865PE)
223.00
Xeon 3.73 GHz (iP35)
217.00
Pentium 4 560 (3.6 GHz) (i865PE)
209.00
Pentium 4 3C GHz (i865G)
200.00
Pentium 4 650 (3.4 GHz) (i865PE)
195.00
Pentium 4 3.2E GHz (i865G)
186.00
Athlon XP 2600+ (nForce2)
186.00
Athlon XP 2400+ (SiS745)
182.00
Athlon XP 2500+ (SiS745)
180.00
Pentium 4 524 (3.06 GHz) (i865PE)
179.00
Pentium 4 530 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
176.00
Pentium D 830 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
176.00
Pentium 4 2.66 GHz (i865G)
175.00
Athlon HX 1400 (AMD8111 A0)
175.00
Pentium 4 630 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
174.00
Pentium 4 3E GHz (i865G)
174.00
Pentium 4 2.53 GHz (i865G)
168.00
Athlon XP 2200+ (SiS745)
167.00
Pentium D 920 (2.8 GHz) (i865PE)
163.00
Celeron D 355 (3.33 GHz) (i865PE)
163.00
Pentium 4 520 (2.8 GHz) (i865PE)
163.00
Athlon XP 2100+ (SiS745)
161.00
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz (i865G)
161.00
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz (i845G)
152.00
Athlon XP 1900+ (SiS745)
151.00
Sempron 2200+ (nForce2)
147.00
Athlon XP 1800+ (SiS745)
146.00
Duron 1800 (SiS745)
143.00
Celeron D 335 (2.8 GHz) (i865G)
141.00
Athlon XP 1700+ (SiS745)
140.00
Celeron D 330 (2.66 GHz) (i865G)
137.00
Athlon XP 1600+ (SiS745)
128.00
Pentium 4 2.0A GHz (i865G)
127.00
Athlon 1400 (SiS745)
127.00
Pentium III-S 1400 (i815)
125.00
Athlon 1333 (SiS745)
123.00
Pentium 4 2.0A GHz (i845G)
122.00
Pentium 4 1.8A GHz (i865G)
116.00
Celeron 2.7 GHz (i865G)
114.00
Pentium 4 1.8 GHz (i865G)
113.00
Celeron 2.4 GHz (i865G)
107.00
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (i865G)
107.00
Mobile Athlon 4 1200 (SiS745)
106.00
Pentium III-S 1133 (i815)
105.00
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (i845G)
102.00
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (i865G)
101.00
Celeron 2.2 GHz (i865G)
99.40
Celeron 1200 (i815)
98.50
Pentium 4 1.5A GHz (i865G)
97.10
Athlon 1000 (SiS745)
96.10
Celeron 2.0 GHz (i865G)
95.60
Pentium 4 1.5A GHz (i845G)
94.80
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (i865G)
94.50
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (i850)
92.60
Celeron 1100A (i815)
92.30
Celeron 1.8 GHz (i865G)
91.30
Pentium III 1000 (i815)
88.70
Celeron 1.7 GHz (i865G)
87.70
Pentium 4 1.4 GHz (i850)
87.40
Pentium III 933 (i815)
84.50
Duron 1100 (SiS745)
83.90
Pentium 4 1.3 GHz (i850)
81.60
Pentium III 866 (i815)
79.50
Athlon 850 (SiS745)
79.40
Pentium III 900 (i815)
78.80
Pentium III 850 (i815)
75.30
Pentium III 800EB (i815)
72.10
Mobile Duron 850 (SiS745)
69.90
Pentium III 733 (i815)
66.80
Celeron 900 (i815)
64.60
Duron 750 (SiS745)
64.50
Celeron 850 (i815)
62.30
Duron 700 (SiS745)
62.20
Pentium III 667 (i815)
61.30
C3 1.0A (VT8601T)
59.00
Duron 650 (SiS745)
58.60
Duron 600 (SiS745)
54.10
Pentium 4 1.x GHz (i850)
51.60
Celeron 667 (i815)
48.30
Athlon 500 (Irongate)
48.10
Celeron 633 (i815)
45.80
Celeron 600 (i815)
45.00
Celeron 566 (i815)
42.50
K6-III+ 400 (ALi Aladdin 5)
40.00
K6-2+ 450 (ALi Aladdin 5)
39.70
Pentium III 500 (i440BX)
38.40
Pentium II Xeon 450 (450NX)
37.80
Pentium III 450 (i440BX)
34.70
Pentium II 450 (i440BX)
34.10
Celeron 433 (i440BX)
33.60
Pentium II 400 (i440BX)
31.70
Celeron 400 (i440BX)
31.20
K6-2+ 550 (ALi Aladdin 5)
30.20
Celeron 366 (i440BX)
29.00
Pentium II 350 (i440BX)
27.90
Celeron 333 (i440BX)
26.90
Cyrix III 600 (i815)
23.00
Cyrix III 466 (i815)
22.30
Celeron 266 (i440BX)
21.30
Pentium II 266 (i440BX)
21.30
K6-2 500AFX (ALi Aladdin 5)
18.60
K6-2 450AHX (ALi Aladdin 5)
18.00
K6-2 400AFR (ALi Aladdin 5)
17.80
MII 300GP (ALi Aladdin 5)
14.80
Winchip 2 233 (ALi Aladdin 5)
13.40
6x86MX PR233 (ALi Aladdin 5)
13.10
K6 266AFR (ALi Aladdin 5)
12.60
6x86MX PR200 (ALi Aladdin 5)
12.40
K6 233ANR (ALi Aladdin 5)
12.00
K6 166ALR (ALi Aladdin 5)
11.40
Winchip C6 200 (ALi Aladdin 5)
10.50
Pentium MMX 233 (ALi Aladdin 5)
9.43
Pentium MMX 200 (ALi Aladdin 5)
9.04
6x86 P200+ (ALi Aladdin 5)
8.93
Pentium MMX 166 (ALi Aladdin 5)
8.44
Pentium 200 (ALi Aladdin 5)
8.12
Pentium 166 (ALi Aladdin 5)
7.60
Pentium 133 (ALi Aladdin 5)
6.97
Pentium 100 (ALi Aladdin 5)
5.96
CPU (chipset) Hexus PiFast! score
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (iP35)
39.31
Opteron 2218 (nV3600)
49.47
Pentium 4 Extreme Ed. 3.46GHz (PT880)
57.56
Xeon 3.73 GHz (iP35)
58.61
Pentium 4 571 (3.8 GHz) (i865PE)
61.73
Athlon 64 3200+ (K8T800)
62.41
Pentium 4 560 (3.6 GHz) (i865PE)
64.50
Athlon 64 FX 51 (AMD8111)
64.77
Pentium 4 650 (3.4 GHz) (i865PE)
66.27
Pentium 4 3C GHz (i865G)
68.80
Pentium 4 3.2E GHz (i865G)
70.86
Celeron D 355 (3.33 GHz) (i865PE)
73.23
Athlon XP 2600+ (nForce2)
73.97
Pentium 4 630 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
74.02
Pentium D 830 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
74.20
Opteron 844 (AMD8111)
74.69
Pentium 4 3E GHz (i865G)
75.03
Pentium 4 524 (3.06 GHz) (i865PE)
75.05
Athlon XP 2500+ (SiS745)
75.72
Pentium 4 530 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
75.83
Pentium D 920 (2.8 GHz) (i865PE)
77.28
Athlon XP 2400+ (SiS745)
79.37
Pentium 4 520 (2.8 GHz) (i865PE)
80.17
Celeron D 335 (2.8 GHz) (i865G)
83.47
Pentium 4 2.53 GHz (i865G)
83.91
Athlon XP 2200+ (SiS745)
84.25
Pentium 4 2.66 GHz (i865G)
85.20
Athlon XP 2100+ (SiS745)
85.89
Celeron 2.7 GHz (i865G)
85.98
Celeron D 330 (2.66 GHz) (i865G)
86.86
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz (i865G)
87.81
Sempron 2200+ (nForce2)
90.53
Athlon XP 1900+ (SiS745)
91.36
Athlon HX 1400 (AMD8111 A0)
91.42
Celeron 2.4 GHz (i865G)
92.67
Duron 1800 (SiS745)
92.94
Athlon XP 1800+ (SiS745)
93.89
Athlon XP 1700+ (SiS745)
96.58
Celeron 2.2 GHz (i865G)
98.97
Pentium 4 2.0A GHz (i865G)
103.61
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz (i845G)
106.50
Celeron 2.0 GHz (i865G)
110.23
Pentium 4 1.8A GHz (i865G)
113.39
Athlon XP 1600+ (SiS745)
114.14
Pentium 4 1.8 GHz (i865G)
115.11
Pentium 4 2.0A GHz (i845G)
118.36
Celeron 1.8 GHz (i865G)
119.52
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (i865G)
121.31
Athlon 1400 (SiS745)
121.99
Celeron 1.7 GHz (i865G)
125.61
Athlon 1333 (SiS745)
125.70
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (i865G)
127.67
Pentium 4 1.5A GHz (i865G)
133.86
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (i865G)
135.14
Pentium III-S 1400 (i815)
137.44
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (i850)
138.56
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (i845G)
138.64
Mobile Athlon 4 1200 (SiS745)
140.77
Pentium 4 1.5A GHz (i845G)
146.45
Pentium 4 1.4 GHz (i850)
147.07
Pentium III-S 1133 (i815)
153.68
Athlon 1000 (SiS745)
156.00
Pentium 4 1.3 GHz (i850)
157.03
Duron 1100 (SiS745)
166.63
Celeron 1200 (i815)
178.25
Celeron 1100A (i815)
187.15
Mobile Duron 850 (SiS745)
194.28
Athlon 850 (SiS745)
194.28
Pentium III 1000 (i815)
194.43
Pentium III 933 (i815)
200.59
Pentium III 866 (i815)
209.74
Pentium III 900 (i815)
220.10
Pentium III 800EB (i815)
224.79
Pentium III 850 (i815)
226.37
Duron 750 (SiS745)
232.05
Duron 700 (SiS745)
236.78
Pentium III 733 (i815)
238.48
Pentium 4 1.x GHz (i850)
246.40
Duron 650 (SiS745)
247.75
Celeron 900 (i815)
250.25
Pentium III 667 (i815)
255.23
Celeron 850 (i815)
255.27
Duron 600 (SiS745)
261.61
Celeron 667 (i815)
321.77
Celeron 633 (i815)
337.22
Celeron 600 (i815)
340.09
Celeron 566 (i815)
357.57
CPU (chipset) Lame 3.98.2 MP3 encoding (6:15 WAV) score
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (iP35)
16.00
Pentium 4 Extreme Ed. 3.46GHz (PT880)
18.00
Pentium 4 571 (3.8 GHz) (i865PE)
19.00
Opteron 2218 (nV3600)
19.00
Pentium 4 560 (3.6 GHz) (i865PE)
20.00
Xeon 3.73 GHz (iP35)
20.00
Pentium 4 3C GHz (i865G)
21.00
Pentium 4 650 (3.4 GHz) (i865PE)
22.00
Celeron D 355 (3.33 GHz) (i865PE)
23.00
Athlon 64 FX 51 (AMD8111)
23.00
Pentium 4 3.2E GHz (i865G)
23.00
Pentium D 830 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
24.00
Pentium 4 524 (3.06 GHz) (i865PE)
24.00
Pentium 4 2.66 GHz (i865G)
24.00
Pentium 4 3E GHz (i865G)
25.00
Pentium 4 530 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
25.00
Athlon 64 3200+ (K8T800)
25.00
Pentium 4 630 (3 GHz) (i865PE)
25.00
Pentium 4 2.53 GHz (i865G)
26.00
Pentium D 920 (2.8 GHz) (i865PE)
26.00
Pentium 4 520 (2.8 GHz) (i865PE)
26.00
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz (i865G)
27.00
Pentium 4 2.4B GHz (i845G)
27.00
Celeron D 335 (2.8 GHz) (i865G)
27.00
Athlon XP 2400+ (SiS745)
27.00
Celeron 2.7 GHz (i865G)
27.00
Opteron 844 (AMD8111)
28.00
Athlon XP 2600+ (nForce2)
28.00
Athlon XP 2500+ (SiS745)
29.00
Celeron D 330 (2.66 GHz) (i865G)
29.00
Celeron 2.4 GHz (i865G)
30.00
Athlon XP 2200+ (SiS745)
30.00
Athlon XP 2100+ (SiS745)
31.00
Celeron 2.2 GHz (i865G)
32.00
Duron 1800 (SiS745)
32.00
Pentium 4 2.0A GHz (i845G)
33.00
Pentium 4 2.0A GHz (i865G)
33.00
Athlon XP 1900+ (SiS745)
33.00
Athlon XP 1800+ (SiS745)
35.00
Athlon HX 1400 (AMD8111 A0)
36.00
Pentium III-S 1400 (i815)
36.00
Athlon XP 1700+ (SiS745)
36.00
Sempron 2200+ (nForce2)
36.00
Celeron 2.0 GHz (i865G)
36.00
Pentium 4 1.8A GHz (i865G)
36.00
Pentium 4 1.8 GHz (i865G)
37.00
Celeron 1.8 GHz (i865G)
38.00
Athlon 1400 (SiS745)
39.00
Athlon XP 1600+ (SiS745)
39.00
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (i865G)
40.00
Celeron 1.7 GHz (i865G)
41.00
Athlon 1333 (SiS745)
41.00
Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (i845G)
41.00
Pentium 4 1.6GHz (i865G)
42.00
Pentium 4 1.5A GHz (i865G)
43.00
Pentium III-S 1133 (i815)
44.00
Pentium 4 1.5A GHz (i845G)
44.00
Mobile Athlon 4 1200 (SiS745)
45.00
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (i850)
45.00
Celeron 1200 (i815)
45.00
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (i865G)
45.00
Pentium 4 1.4 GHz (i850)
48.00
Celeron 1100A (i815)
49.00
Pentium 4 1.3 GHz (i850)
52.00
Pentium III 1000 (i815)
54.00
Duron 1100 (SiS745)
54.00
Athlon 1000 (SiS745)
55.00
Pentium III 933 (i815)
57.00
Pentium III 900 (i815)
59.00
Pentium III 866 (i815)
61.00
Pentium III 850 (i815)
63.00
Athlon 850 (SiS745)
66.00
Mobile Duron 850 (SiS745)
67.00
Pentium III 800EB (i815)
67.00
Celeron 900 (i815)
67.00
Celeron 850 (i815)
70.00
Pentium III 733 (i815)
73.00
Pentium III 667 (i815)
80.00
Duron 750 (SiS745)
81.00
Pentium 4 1.x GHz (i850)
84.00
Duron 700 (SiS745)
85.00
Celeron 667 (i815)
90.00
Duron 650 (SiS745)
91.00
Celeron 633 (i815)
95.00
Duron 600 (SiS745)
98.00
Celeron 600 (i815)
98.00
Celeron 566 (i815)
105.00