Celeron T3500 vs Turion II P520
Aggregate performance score
Turion II P520 outperforms Celeron T3500 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion II P520 and Celeron T3500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2880 | 2912 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.92 | 1.29 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | no data |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 1 July 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II P520 and Celeron T3500 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) | no data |
| Threads | 2 | no data |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II P520 and Celeron T3500 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 | S1 (S1g4) | PGA478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Celeron T3500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Celeron T3500 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Celeron T3500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.51 | 0.48 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 1 July 2010 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
Turion II P520 has a 6.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 40% lower power consumption.
Celeron T3500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Turion II P520 and Celeron T3500.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P520 and Celeron T3500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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