Athlon 300U vs Celeron G1610
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 300U outperforms Celeron G1610 by a whopping 156% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 2490 | 1752 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
Series | no data | AMD Athlon |
Power efficiency | 1.64 | 15.38 |
Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) |
Release date | 3 December 2012 (11 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $388 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U 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 | 4 |
Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
Multiplier | no data | 24 |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128K (per core) |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
Die size | 94 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 65 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
Socket | FCLGA1155 | FP5 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
AES-NI | - | + |
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 | + | - |
Security technologies
Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | - | no data |
EDB | + | no data |
Secure Key | - | no data |
Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U 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 G1610 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 21 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Graphics max frequency | 1.05 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U integrated GPUs.
Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 0.99 | 2.53 |
Recency | 3 December 2012 | 6 January 2019 |
Threads | 2 | 4 |
Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon 300U has a 155.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 266.7% lower power consumption.
The Athlon 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G1610 in performance tests.
Note that Celeron G1610 is a desktop processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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