Intel Celeron G1850 vs AMD Athlon II X4 620

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Combined performance score

Athlon II X4 620
1.31
+4.8%

Athlon II X4 620 outperforms Celeron G1850 by 5% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking21352177
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.431.28
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenamePropus (2009−2011)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release dateSeptember 2009 (14 years old)1 May 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$65$101
Current price$22 (0.3x MSRP)$49 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X4 620 has 168% better value for money than Celeron G1850.

Technical specs

Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz2.9 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die size169 mm2177 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data72 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors300 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850 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
SocketAM3FCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt53 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
VT-ino data-
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.3 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memoryno data1.7 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
DVIno data+
VGAno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno data1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.1/12
OpenGLno data4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850.

PCIe versionno dataUp to 3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 X4 620 1.31
+4.8%
Celeron G1850 1.25

Athlon II X4 620 outperforms Celeron G1850 by 5% 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 X4 620 2007
+4.8%
Celeron G1850 1915

Athlon II X4 620 outperforms Celeron G1850 by 5% 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 II X4 620 281
Celeron G1850 533
+89.7%

Celeron G1850 outperforms Athlon II X4 620 by 90% 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 II X4 620 846
Celeron G1850 916
+8.3%

Celeron G1850 outperforms Athlon II X4 620 by 8% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.31 1.25
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Cost $65 $101
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 53 Watt

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X4 620 and Celeron G1850. The differences in performance seem too small.


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