CO oxidation to CO 2 by Pd-CeO 2 catalysts was tested by temperatureprogrammed mass spectrometry for as-prepared and thermal H 2 -treated Pd-doped CeO 2 catalysts, compared with those of Ag and Au-doped CeO 2 . For the as-prepared samples, the oxidation rate and the T 10 % (the temperature at 10 % CO conversion) occurred in the order of Au & Pd [ Ag ) undoped in the 1st CO oxidation run, while in the 2nd run, the order became Au [ Pd [ Ag ) undoped. For the thermal H 2 -treated samples, the order became Pd [ Au [ Ag [ undoped and Au [ Pd [ Ag [ undoped in the 1st and 2nd CO oxidation runs, respectively. The T 10 % in the 2nd run commonly occurred at much lower temperatures for the metal-doped CeO 2 upon achieving good metal-oxide interfacial contact during the 1st run. The T 10 % of undoped CeO 2 was the most significantly affected by the thermal treatment effects while those of metal-doped CeO 2 catalysts were not greatly affected by the thermal H 2 -treatment. Based on these findings, the metal-support interaction/interface is more important than the surface area, Au (88 m 2 /g) [ Ag (59 m 2 /g) & Pd & undoped.