Celeron Dual-Core T3300 vs Athlon X2 L310

Place in the ranking	3216	3006
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon	Intel Celeron Dual-Core
Power efficiency	1.53	1.08
Architecture codename	Conesus (2009)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	1 February 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 L310 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 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
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 L310 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 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.

Socket	BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA	Socket P 478
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection	no data
VirusProtect	+	-

Security technologies

Athlon X2 L310 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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 X2 L310 0.21

Celeron Dual-Core T3300 0.40
+90.5%

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 X2 L310 335

Celeron Dual-Core T3300 633
+89%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.21	0.40
Recency	10 September 2009	1 February 2010
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	35 Watt

Athlon X2 L310 has 169.2% lower power consumption.

Celeron Dual-Core T3300, on the other hand, has a 90.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron Dual-Core T3300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X2 L310 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X2 L310 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.