Athlon II X2 245 vs Celeron 2950M

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2641	2718
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.89
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	2.00	1.02
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	23 July 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	$35

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245 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	2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	118 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245 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	FCPGA946	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245. 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
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245. 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 4th Generation Intel Processors	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245 integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2950M and Athlon II X2 245.

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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.78	0.70
Recency	1 September 2013	23 July 2009
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	65 Watt

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