Intel Celeron E1400 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

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General info

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron E1400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameManchester (2005−2006)Allendale (2006−2009)
Release dateDecember 2006 (17 years old)April 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$309$57
Current price$100 (0.3x MSRP)$40 (0.7x MSRP)

Technical specs

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron E1400 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)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache256K64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm65 nm
Die size220 mm277 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data73 °C
Number of transistors154 million105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron E1400 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
Socket939LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron E1400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron E1400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron E1400 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Celeron E1400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 689
Celeron E1400 735
+6.7%

Celeron E1400 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4200+ by 7% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 212
Celeron E1400 220
+3.8%

Celeron E1400 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4200+ by 4% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 376
Celeron E1400 392
+4.3%

Celeron E1400 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4200+ by 4% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Advantages and disadvantages


Cost $309 $57
Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 65 Watt

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