Athlon II X4 640 vs Celeron Dual-Core T3100

Place in the ranking	2665	2199
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.92
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron Dual-Core	no data
Power efficiency	2.00	1.40
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Propus (2009−2011)
Release date	1 September 2009 (15 years ago)	11 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$80

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Athlon II X4 640 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	no data	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	107 mm²	169 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Athlon II X4 640 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	no data	1
Socket	BGA479, PGA478	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Athlon II X4 640. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Athlon II X4 640.

PCIe version

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2.0

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 Dual-Core T3100 0.74

Athlon II X4 640 1.41
+90.5%

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 Dual-Core T3100 1174

Athlon II X4 640 2245
+91.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.74	1.41
Recency	1 September 2009	11 May 2010
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Celeron Dual-Core T3100 has 171.4% lower power consumption.

Athlon II X4 640, on the other hand, has a 90.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Athlon II X4 640 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron Dual-Core T3100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron Dual-Core T3100 is a notebook processor while Athlon II X4 640 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron Dual-Core T3100 and Athlon II X4 640, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.