AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition vs Intel Celeron 2.10

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition 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 Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

Intel Celeron 2.10

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
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
14.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3489 vs 244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2009 vs November 2002
Number of cores	4 vs 1
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
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3489 vs 244

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2.10

Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 2 GHz
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 55.5 Watt vs 125 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.1 GHz vs 2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55.5 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 2.10

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3489

244

Name	AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition	Intel Celeron 2.10
PassMark - Single thread mark	0	0
PassMark - CPU mark	3489	244

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition	Intel Celeron 2.10
Essentials
Architecture codename	Deneb	Northwood
Launch date	June 2009	November 2002
Place in performance rating	3314	3348
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	258 mm	131 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	8 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	128 KB
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Transistor count	758 million	55 million
Base frequency		2.10 GHz
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)	125 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)