Athlon 64 3100+ vs Celeron 430

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 430 and Athlon 64 3100+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Conroe-L (2007−2008)	Lima (2008−2009)
Release date	June 2007 (17 years ago)	April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$50	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 430 and Athlon 64 3100+ 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	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1	1
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB	128K
L2 cache	512 KB	512K
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	77 mm2	77 mm2
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	81 °C
Number of transistors	105 million	122 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 430 and Athlon 64 3100+ 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	LGA775	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 430 and Athlon 64 3100+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 430 and Athlon 64 3100+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 430 and Athlon 64 3100+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 430 and Athlon 64 3100+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

---

---

Pros & cons summary

---

Power consumption (TDP)

35 Watt

25 Watt

---

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 430 and Athlon 64 3100+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.

---