Celeron 797 vs Athlon II M300

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Celeron
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797 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 data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate3200 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data14
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data1.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)Intel BGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M300 and Celeron 797.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 1 January 2012
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

Athlon II M300 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron 797, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

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