AMD Athlon II X3 450 vs Intel Celeron E1500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 450 and Intel Celeron E1500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X3 450

Intel Celeron E1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 450

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1301 vs 764
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1847 vs 626
Around 43% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 372 vs 260
2.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 941 vs 457

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2010 vs November 2008
Number of cores	3 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1301 vs 764
PassMark - CPU mark	1847 vs 626
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	372 vs 260
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	941 vs 457

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron E1500

Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 450
CPU 2: Intel Celeron E1500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1301

764

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1847

626

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

372

260

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

941

457

Name	AMD Athlon II X3 450	Intel Celeron E1500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1301	764
PassMark - CPU mark	1847	626
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	372	260
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	941	457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.488
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3.501
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.091
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.184

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X3 450	Intel Celeron E1500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Rana	Conroe
Launch date	September 2010	November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	$63
Place in performance rating	2961	2935
Price now	$39.99	$19.65
Value for money (0-100)	19.32	17.57
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		E1500
Series		Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	169 mm	77 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	3	2
Transistor count	300 million	105 million
Base frequency		2.20 GHz
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
Maximum core temperature		73.3°C
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.5V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)