Intel Celeron M U3600 vs AMD Athlon II N370

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron M U3600 and AMD Athlon II N370 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.

Intel Celeron M U3600

AMD Athlon II N370

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron M U3600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 35 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II N370

Around 108% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 913 vs 523
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 899 vs 579

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	913 vs 523
PassMark - CPU mark	899 vs 579

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron M U3600
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II N370

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

523

913

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

579

899

Name	Intel Celeron M U3600	AMD Athlon II N370
PassMark - Single thread mark	523	913
PassMark - CPU mark	579	899
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	899
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1483

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron M U3600	AMD Athlon II N370
Essentials
Architecture codename	Arrandale	Champlain
Launch date	18 December 2010	16 December 2010
Place in performance rating	2623	2409
Processor Number	U3600
Series	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor	AMD Athlon II
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Mobile	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.20 GHz
Bus Speed	2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size	81 mm2	117.5 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)	2500 MHz	3200 MHz
L2 cache	512 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C
Maximum frequency	1.2 GHz	2.5 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	382 million	234 Million
L1 cache		256 KB
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	166 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	500 MHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	2
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	BGA 34mm x 28mm
Sockets supported	BGA1288	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
VirusProtect
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)