Athlon II X2 220 vs Celeron 1005M

Place in the ranking	2704	2743
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.30
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	1.89	0.96
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	1 July 2013 (11 years ago)	21 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	$32

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220 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	1.9 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	94 mm²	117 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220 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
Socket	FCPGA988	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

Celeron 1005M 0.70
+6.1%

Athlon II X2 220 0.66

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.

Celeron 1005M 1108
+6.2%

Athlon II X2 220 1043

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron 1005M 326
+13.6%

Athlon II X2 220 287

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron 1005M 563
+14%

Athlon II X2 220 494

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.70	0.66
Recency	1 July 2013	21 September 2010
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Celeron 1005M has a 6.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220.

Be aware that Celeron 1005M is a notebook processor while Athlon II X2 220 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 1005M and Athlon II X2 220, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.