Celeron 1020E vs Athlon 64 TF-20

Place in the ranking	3300	2558
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon 64	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	0.61	2.41
Architecture codename	Sherman (2009)	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date	1 May 2009 (15 years ago)	20 January 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 TF-20 and Celeron 1020E basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	no data
L1 cache	0.1 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	118 mm²
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 TF-20 and Celeron 1020E compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	S1g1	G2 (988B)
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Celeron 1020E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection	no data
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 TF-20 and Celeron 1020E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Celeron 1020E are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Celeron 1020E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) (650 - 1000 MHz)

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.16	0.89
Recency	1 May 2009	20 January 2013
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	65 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Athlon 64 TF-20 has 40% lower power consumption.

Celeron 1020E, on the other hand, has a 456.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron 1020E is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 TF-20 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 TF-20 and Celeron 1020E, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.