GX-217GI vs Celeron B820

Primary details

Comparing Celeron B820 and GX-217GI processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2875	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	1.35	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Brown Falcon (2016)
Release date	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)	23 February 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B820 and GX-217GI 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	1.7 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	131 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B820 and GX-217GI 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B820 and GX-217GI. 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	-	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron B820 and GX-217GI technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B820 and GX-217GI 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 B820 and GX-217GI. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	Radeon R6E 4CU
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron B820 and GX-217GI integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B820 and GX-217GI.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2012	23 February 2016
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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