Intel Celeron 6600HE vs AMD Athlon 300U

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron 6600HE and AMD Athlon 300U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Celeron 6600HE

AMD Athlon 300U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 6600HE

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm SuperFin vs 14 nm
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Manufacturing process technology	10 nm SuperFin vs 14 nm
L3 cache	8 MB vs 4 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1774 vs 1764
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3867 vs 3286

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 100°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1774 vs 1764
PassMark - CPU mark	3867 vs 3286

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron 6600HE
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 300U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1764

1774

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3286

3867

Name	Intel Celeron 6600HE	AMD Athlon 300U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1764	1774
PassMark - CPU mark	3286	3867

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron 6600HE	AMD Athlon 300U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tiger Lake
Launch date	Q3'21
Launch price (MSRP)	$107
Place in performance rating	1463	1455
Processor Number	6600HE
Series	Intel Celeron Processor 6000 Series	AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Family		AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray		YM300UC4T2OFG
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2.4 GHz
L3 cache	8 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm SuperFin	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	105°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	4
Compute Cores		5
L1 cache		193 KB
L2 cache		1 MB
Maximum frequency		3.3 GHz
Number of GPU cores		3
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x9A68
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.10 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1000 MHz
iGPU core count		3
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	4
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680x4320@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL	4.6
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	50 x 26.5
Sockets supported	FCBGA1787	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCIe configurations	Up to 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4, 1x8+3x4
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)