Athlon 300U vs Celeron G1610

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron G1610
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 55 Watt
0.99

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 ranking24901752
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiency1.6415.38
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date3 December 2012 (11 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$388no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size94 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4940 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1155FP5
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt15 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 extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2XFR, 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 typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G1610 and Athlon 300U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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 G1610 0.99
Athlon 300U 2.53
+156%

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 G1610 1519
Athlon 300U 3867
+155%

Gaming 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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