Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs Celeron 3205U

Place in the ranking	2811	3009
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	3.79	0.43
Architecture codename	Broadwell-U (2015)	Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)	31 May 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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	1.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Die size	82 mm²	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1300 Million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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	FCBGA1168	939
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Smart Response	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1
Maximum memory size	16 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 5th Generation Intel Processors	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2/12

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	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 3205U 0.60
+50%

Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 0.40

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 3205U 947
+49.6%

Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 633

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.60	0.40
Recency	1 March 2015	31 May 2005
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	89 Watt

Celeron 3205U has a 50% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.

The Celeron 3205U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 3600+ in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron 3205U is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 3205U and Athlon 64 X2 3600+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.