Celeron Dual-Core T3500 vs Athlon II X4 651

Place in the ranking	1810	2590
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Celeron Dual-Core
Power efficiency	2.13	2.16
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	14 November 2011 (12 years ago)	26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$80

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 651 and Celeron Dual-Core T3500 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	228 mm²	107 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 651 and Celeron Dual-Core T3500 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	1	no data
Socket	FM1	Socket P PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 651 and Celeron Dual-Core T3500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 651 and Celeron Dual-Core T3500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 651 and Celeron Dual-Core T3500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no 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.

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.

Athlon II X4 651 2.34
+182%

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 0.83

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 II X4 651 3584
+181%

Celeron Dual-Core T3500 1275

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.34	0.83
Recency	14 November 2011	26 September 2010
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt

Athlon II X4 651 has a 181.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron Dual-Core T3500, on the other hand, has 185.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II X4 651 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron Dual-Core T3500 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon II X4 651 is a desktop processor while Celeron Dual-Core T3500 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 651 and Celeron Dual-Core T3500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.