AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ vs Intel Celeron E3500

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Combined performance score

Celeron E3500
0.61
+3.4%

Celeron E3500 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5600+ by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26392652
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.993.73
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Windsor (2006−2009)
Release date29 August 2010 (13 years old)December 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$62no data
Current price$14.99 (0.2x MSRP)$93
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ has 25% better value for money than Celeron E3500.

Technical specs

Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.9 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache1 MB (shared)512K
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size82 mm2220 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775AM2
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
AES-NI-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+.

PCIe version2.0no 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron E3500 0.61
+3.4%
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 0.59

Celeron E3500 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5600+ by 3% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Celeron E3500 935
+3.1%
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 907

Celeron E3500 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5600+ by 3% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Celeron E3500 290
+4.3%
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 278

Celeron E3500 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5600+ by 4% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Celeron E3500 443
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 512
+15.6%

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ outperforms Celeron E3500 by 16% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.61 0.59
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 89 Watt

We couldn't decide between Celeron E3500 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+. The differences in performance seem too small.


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