Phenom II X2 P650 vs Celeron B730

Primary details

Comparing Celeron B730 and Phenom II X2 P650 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 Phenom II
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	1 July 2012 (11 years ago)	19 October 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$70	no data
Current price	$14.38 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B730 and Phenom II X2 P650 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus support	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	1.5 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B730 and Phenom II X2 P650 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	G2 (988B)	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B730 and Phenom II X2 P650. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR3 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
FMA	+	no data
VirusProtect	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron B730 and Phenom II X2 P650 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B730 and Phenom II X2 P650 are enumerated here.

VT-x

+

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B730 and Phenom II X2 P650. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2012	19 October 2010
Physical cores	1	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

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