Athlon 64 X2 4200+ vs Celeron 3215U

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency4.32no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date1 June 2015 (9 years ago)December 2006 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$309

Detailed specifications

Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 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 speed1.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KB256K
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache2 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm90 nm
Die size82 mm2220 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1300 Million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 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
SocketFCBGA1168939
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 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 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 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 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no 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.



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 3215U 1083
+48.2%
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 731

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 3215U 331
+102%
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 164

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 3215U 587
+111%
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 278

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 89 Watt

Celeron 3215U has a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 3215U and Athlon 64 X2 4200+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 3215U is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 4200+ is a desktop one.


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