Athlon 64 TF-20 vs Celeron 2970M

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2500	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	AMD Athlon 64
Power efficiency	2.42	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Sherman (2009)
Release date	14 April 2014 (10 years ago)	1 May 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	667 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	0.1 MB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Die size	130 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	960 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20 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	no data
Socket	FCPGA946	S1g1
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Celeron 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20 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 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20 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 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
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	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20 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 2970M and Athlon 64 TF-20.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 April 2014	1 May 2009
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	25 Watt

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