Phenom II X2 N660 vs Celeron M 320

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 320 and Phenom II X2 N660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Celeron M	2x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Banias (2003)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	1 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 320 and Phenom II X2 N660 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	1.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.3 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	400 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	no data	2 MB
L3 cache	512 KB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	130 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.356V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 320 and Phenom II X2 N660 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.

Socket	H-PBGA478,H-PBGA479,PPGA478	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	24.5 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 320 and Phenom II X2 N660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron M 320 and Phenom II X2 N660 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 M 320 and Phenom II X2 N660 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 320 and Phenom II X2 N660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	130 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	24 Watt	35 Watt

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