AMD Athlon II X4 620e vs Intel Celeron 2.10

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 620e and Intel Celeron 2.10 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.

AMD Athlon II X4 620e

Intel Celeron 2.10

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 620e

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 24% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
64x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 55.5 Watt
11.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2906 vs 244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2011 vs November 2002
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 8 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 55.5 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2906 vs 244

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 620e
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 2.10

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2906

244

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 620e	Intel Celeron 2.10
PassMark - Single thread mark	0	0
PassMark - CPU mark	2906	244

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 620e	Intel Celeron 2.10
Essentials
Architecture codename	Propus	Northwood
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	May 2011	November 2002
OPN PIB	AD620EHDGMBOX
OPN Tray	AD620EHDK42GM
Place in performance rating	3316	3348
Series	AMD Athlon II X4	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	2.10 GHz
Die size	169 mm	131 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	8 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	128 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	300 million	55 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Maximum core temperature		69°C
VID voltage range		1.315V-1.525V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	55.5 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		35mm x 35mm
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)