Celeron E3400 vs Athlon II X2 210e

General info

Comparing Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2559	2686
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	6.03	3.72
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	21 September 2010 (13 years old)	17 January 2010 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$76
Current price	$12.27	$18.99 (0.2x MSRP)

Athlon II X2 210e has 62% better value for money than Celeron E3400.

Technical specs

Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3400 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	117 mm2	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	410 million	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3400 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	1
Socket	AM3	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3400 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 Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3400 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3400.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

Athlon II X2 210e outperforms Celeron E3400 by 29% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.72	0.56
Recency	21 September 2010	17 January 2010
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

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