Production parts
266 MHz
No L2 cache
Single Edge Processor package (slot 1)
Engineering sample
Front view
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Celeron 266 based on Covington core was the first processor from Celeron series. While this processor had poor performance due to lack of L2 cache, it was very popular because with its low price and very high overclockability the CPU had very good price/performance ratio. Many Celerons 266 could be easily overclocked to 400 MHz by changing bus frequency from 66 MHz to 100 MHz. Even if the microprocessor wasn't running stable at 400 MHz, it was still possible to run it at 333 MHz by changing bus frequency to 83 MHz.
300 MHz
No L2 cache
Single Edge Processor package (slot 1)
Covington core
Boxed processor
Front view
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