Athlon 950 vs Celeron N3050

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950 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	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Architecture codename	Braswell (2015−2016)	Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	6 March 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$999

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.16 GHz	0.95 GHz
Bus type	IDI	no data
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Die size	no data	102 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	no data	22 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1170	A
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	-	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
VT-i	-	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series	N/A
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	600 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	no data
OpenGL	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3050 and Athlon 950.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no data
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 April 2015	6 March 2000
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	62 Watt

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