Celeron N6211 vs Athlon II X4 638

General info

Comparing Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron N6211 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2060	2061
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.05	3.59
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Elkhart Lake
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Elkhart Lake
Release date	6 February 2012 (12 years ago)	17 July 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$54
Current price	$27	$240 (4.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron N6211 has 75% better value for money than Athlon II X4 638.

Technical specs

Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron N6211 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	228 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron N6211 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	no data
Socket	FM1	BGA1493
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron N6211. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron N6211 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron N6211. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4, DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)

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 X4 638 outperforms Celeron N6211 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	1.46	1.45
Recency	6 February 2012	17 July 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

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