AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Intel Celeron Dual-Core T3000

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Intel Celeron Dual-Core T3000 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 1 November 2009 vs 1 May 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron Dual-Core T3000

  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 1.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 32768x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 728 vs 537
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1084 vs 577
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 1.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 64 KB vs 2x64 + 2x64 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 728 vs 537
PassMark - CPU mark 1084 vs 577

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42
CPU 2: Intel Celeron Dual-Core T3000

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
537
728
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
577
1084
Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 Intel Celeron Dual-Core T3000
PassMark - Single thread mark 537 728
PassMark - CPU mark 577 1084
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 219
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 377

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 Intel Celeron Dual-Core T3000

Essentials

Architecture codename Tyler Penryn-1M
Launch date 1 November 2009 1 May 2009
Place in performance rating 2928 3007
Series 2x AMD Athlon 64 Intel Celeron Dual-Core
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 1600 MHz 800 MHz
L1 cache 2x64 + 2x64 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Maximum frequency 1.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Die size 107 mm
Transistor count 410 Million

Compatibility

Sockets supported Socket S1 P (478)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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