Celeron U3600 vs 877

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)	11 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600 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
Base clock speed	1.4 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.4 GHz	0.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	14	9
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	131 mm2	81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	382 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600 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)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1023	BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
FMA	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FDI	+	+
Fast Memory Access	+	+

Security technologies

Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-800
Maximum memory size	16 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	12.799 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	2
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 877 and Celeron U3600.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

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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Recency	1 July 2012	11 January 2011
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	18 Watt

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