Celeron U3600 vs Athlon II M320
Aggregate performance score
Athlon II M320 outperforms Celeron U3600 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2925 | 3047 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 1.27 | 1.89 |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Westmere (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 11 January 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 1.0 |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 1 × 2.5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 9 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 382 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Socket S1 (S1g3) | BGA1288 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 18 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| FMA | - | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR3-800 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 12.799 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 500 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.47 | 0.36 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 11 January 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 18 Watt |
Athlon II M320 has a 30.6% higher aggregate performance score.
Celeron U3600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 94.4% lower power consumption.
The Athlon II M320 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron U3600 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II M320 and Celeron U3600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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