Intel Celeron 797 vs AMD Athlon II X4 651K

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron 797 and AMD Athlon II X4 651K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

 

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 651K

  • 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 specifications (specs)

Intel Celeron 797 AMD Athlon II X4 651K

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Llano
Launch date 1 November 2011 November 2011
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Processor Number 797
Series Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile Desktop

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™)

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