Celeron 897 vs C-70

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Primary details

Comparing C-70 and Celeron 897 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD C-SeriesIntel Celeron
Architecture codenameOntario (2011−2012)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 September 2012 (12 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

C-70 and Celeron 897 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 speed1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography40 nm32 nm
Die size75 mm2131 mm2
Number of transistorsno data504 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on C-70 and Celeron 897 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT1 BGA 413-Ballno data
Power consumption (TDP)9 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by C-70 and Celeron 897. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX(+), 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-70 and Celeron 897 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by C-70 and Celeron 897. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3 Single-channelDDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6290Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 9 Watt 17 Watt

C-70 has 88.9% lower power consumption.

Celeron 897, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between C-70 and Celeron 897. We've got no test results to judge.


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