AMD Athlon X4 860K vs Intel Celeron 2.60

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 860K and Intel Celeron 2.60 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 860K

• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• Around 54% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
• Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 72°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 130 nm
• 16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 32x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1528 vs 602
• 14.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3432 vs 238

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2.60

• Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 62.6 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 860K
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 2.60

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1528 602
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3432 238

Compare specifications (specs)