AMD Athlon X4 870K vs Intel Celeron E3500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 870K and Intel Celeron E3500 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.

AMD Athlon X4 870K

Intel Celeron E3500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 870K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 52% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1558 vs 1154
3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3410 vs 935

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 1024 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1558 vs 1154
PassMark - CPU mark	3410 vs 935

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron E3500

Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 72.40°C
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 72.40°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 870K
CPU 2: Intel Celeron E3500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1558

1154

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3410

935

Name	AMD Athlon X4 870K	Intel Celeron E3500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1558	1154
PassMark - CPU mark	3410	935
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	532
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1619

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 870K	Intel Celeron E3500
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD870KXBJCSBX
Place in performance rating	2129	2126
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Wolfdale
Launch date		August 2010
Launch price (MSRP)		$62
Price now		$31
Processor Number		E3500
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		13.80
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	2.70 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	1024 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	74.1°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	2.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
Die size		82 mm
Transistor count		228 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution	Near Silent 95W
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm X 37.5mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)