Phenom II X3 P860 vs Celeron U3600

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron3x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date11 January 2011 (13 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron U3600 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 cores2 (Dual-core)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads23
Base clock speed1.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/s3600 MHz
Multiplier9no data
L1 cache128 KB384 KB
L2 cache512 KB1.5 MB
L3 cache2 MBno data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors382 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron U3600 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketBGA1288S1
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)
FMA+-
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Celeron U3600 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 U3600 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 U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth12.799 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency500 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2011 4 October 2010
Physical cores 2 3
Threads 2 3
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 25 Watt

Celeron U3600 has an age advantage of 3 months, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 38.9% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X3 P860, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860. We've got no test results to judge.


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