Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Celeron 847E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 847E and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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	Intel Celeron	2x AMD Athlon 64
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Tyler (2007−2009)
Release date	no data	1 November 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$111	no data
Current price	$4225 (38.1x MSRP)	$66

Detailed specifications

Celeron 847E and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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
Boost clock speed	1.1 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus support	4 × 5 GT/s	1600 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	0 MB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	504 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 847E and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	no data	Socket S1
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 847E and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow
FMA	+	no data
PowerNow	no data	+
VirusProtect	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 847E and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 are enumerated here.

VT-x

+

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 847E and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333	no data
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

no data

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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Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	20 Watt

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