Celeron 1007U vs Athlon X2 7550

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2852
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data2.95
Architecture codenameKuma (2008−2009)Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release dateDecember 2008 (15 years ago)20 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$86

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Die size285 mm2118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistors450 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U 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 configuration11
SocketAM2+FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
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 X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U 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 X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 17 Watt

Celeron 1007U has a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 458.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 7550 and Celeron 1007U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X2 7550 is a desktop processor while Celeron 1007U is a notebook one.


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