Intel Celeron E3500 vs AMD Athlon II X2 210e

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Combined performance score

Athlon II X2 210e
0.72
+18%

Athlon II X2 210e outperforms Celeron E3500 by 18% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25482639
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.032.99
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date21 September 2010 (13 years old)29 August 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$62
Current price$12.27 $14.99 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X2 210e has 102% better value for money than Celeron E3500.

Technical specs

Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3500 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 speed2.6 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size117 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
Number of transistors410 million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3500 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
SocketAM3LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3500 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 II X2 210e and Celeron E3500 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 210e and Celeron E3500.

PCIe version2.02.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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 0.72
+18%
Celeron E3500 0.61

Athlon II X2 210e outperforms Celeron E3500 by 18% in our combined benchmark results.


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 II X2 210e 1105
+18.2%
Celeron E3500 935

Athlon II X2 210e outperforms Celeron E3500 by 18% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.72 0.61
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 65 Watt

The Athlon II X2 210e is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron E3500 in performance tests.


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