Phenom II X3 P860 vs Celeron E3300

Primary details

Comparing Celeron E3300 and Phenom II X3 P860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2871	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.83	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	0.73	no data
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	30 August 2009 (15 years ago)	4 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$70	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron E3300 and Phenom II X3 P860 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)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	2	3
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E3300 and Phenom II X3 P860 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	no data
Socket	LGA775	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E3300 and Phenom II X3 P860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Celeron E3300 and Phenom II X3 P860 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 E3300 and Phenom II X3 P860 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 E3300 and Phenom II X3 P860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E3300 and Phenom II X3 P860.

PCIe version

2.0

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	30 August 2009	4 October 2010
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

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