Celeron M 520 vs Athlon 64 X2 4200+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron M 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataCeleron M
Architecture codenameManchester (2005−2006)Merom (2006−2008)
Release dateDecember 2006 (17 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$309no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron M 520 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache256Kno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache0 KB1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography90 nm65 nm
Die size220 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors154 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.95V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron M 520 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 configuration1no data
Socket939PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron M 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron M 520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron M 520 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 731
+206%
Celeron M 520 239

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 30 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron M 520, on the other hand, has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 196.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron M 520. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 X2 4200+ is a desktop processor while Celeron M 520 is a notebook one.


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