Atom 230 vs Celeron 220

General info

Comparing Celeron 220 and Atom 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Conroe (2006−2007)	Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date	October 2007 (16 years old)	2 April 2008 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$29
Current price	$387	$170 (5.9x MSRP)

Technical specs

Celeron 220 and Atom 230 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	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	0.1 GHz
Bus support	533 MHz	533.33 MT/s
L1 cache	64 KB	56 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	77 mm2	25.9638 mm27.94 mm × 3.27 mm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	105 million	47 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1V-1.3375V	0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 220 and Atom 230 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PBGA479	PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 220 and Atom 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
FSB parity	-	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Celeron 220 and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 220 and Atom 230 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 220 and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size

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8 GB

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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Advantages and disadvantages

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Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	4 Watt

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