AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 vs Intel Celeron 2.30

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 and Intel Celeron 2.30 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

Intel Celeron 2.30

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 90 nm vs 130 nm
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 517 vs 227

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2005 vs March 2003
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	128 KB vs 8 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	517 vs 227

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2.30

Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 58.3 Watt vs 104 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 559 vs 552

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58.3 Watt vs 104 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	559 vs 552

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 FX-57
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 2.30

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

552

559

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

517

227

Name	AMD Athlon 64 FX-57	Intel Celeron 2.30
PassMark - Single thread mark	552	559
PassMark - CPU mark	517	227

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 FX-57	Intel Celeron 2.30
Essentials
Architecture codename	San Diego	Northwood
Launch date	June 2005	March 2003
Place in performance rating	2914	2915
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	115 mm	131 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	128 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	114 million	55 million
Base frequency		2.30 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Maximum core temperature		70°C
VID voltage range		1.315V-1.525V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	939	PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	104 Watt	58.3 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		35mm x 35mm
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		32-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)