Intel Celeron 797 vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron 797 and AMD Athlon II X4 651 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Celeron 797

AMD Athlon II X4 651

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 797

5.9x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 651

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 114% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
8x 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

Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 256 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron 797
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 651

Name	Intel Celeron 797	AMD Athlon II X4 651
PassMark - Single thread mark		1287
PassMark - CPU mark		2500
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		396
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.69

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron 797	AMD Athlon II X4 651
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Llano
Launch date	1 November 2011	November 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	2708
Processor Number	797
Series	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Mobile	Desktop
Price now		$178.04
Value for money (0-100)		5.93
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.40 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Die size	131 mm	228 mm
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB	1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache	1.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	1	4
Number of threads	1
Transistor count	504 million	1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333	DDR3
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	950 MHz
Graphics max frequency	950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	31.0mm x 24.0mm (BGA1023)
Sockets supported	BGA1023	FM1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	100 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)