Athlon 650 vs Celeron Dual-Core T1700

Primary details

Comparing Celeron Dual-Core T1700 and Athlon 650 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2734not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeron Dual-Coreno data
Power efficiency1.81no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date7 December 2008 (15 years ago)9 August 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$849

Detailed specifications

Celeron Dual-Core T1700 and Athlon 650 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Boost clock speed1.83 GHz0.65 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm180 nm
Die size143 mm2184 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistors291 Million22 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron Dual-Core T1700 and Athlon 650 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 configurationno data1
SocketPPGA478A
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt48 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron Dual-Core T1700 and Athlon 650. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 December 2008 9 August 1999
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 48 Watt

Celeron Dual-Core T1700 has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 176.9% more advanced lithography process, and 37.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron Dual-Core T1700 and Athlon 650. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron Dual-Core T1700 is a notebook processor while Athlon 650 is a desktop one.


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