Celeron 837 vs C-60
Primary details
Comparing C-60 and Celeron 837 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD C-Series | Intel Celeron |
| Architecture codename | Ontario (2010−2012) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 22 August 2011 (13 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
C-60 and Celeron 837 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 | 1 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1.33 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 2.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 18 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 75 mm2 | 131 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 504 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on C-60 and Celeron 837 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FT1 BGA 413-Ball | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 9 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by C-60 and Celeron 837. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz) | no data |
| FMA | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by C-60 and Celeron 837 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by C-60 and Celeron 837. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 Single-channel | DDR3-1333 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.335 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon HD 6290 | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 9 Watt | 17 Watt |
C-60 has 88.9% lower power consumption.
Celeron 837, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between C-60 and Celeron 837. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between C-60 and Celeron 837, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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