Athlon II X3 420e vs Celeron G1620

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2468	2472
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	0.05
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.69	2.06
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Rana (2009−2011)
Release date	3 December 2012 (11 years ago)	21 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$208	$116

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X3 420e has 67% better value for money than Celeron G1620.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e 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)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	2	3
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	94 mm2	169 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G1620 and Athlon II X3 420e.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

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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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 December 2012	21 September 2010
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	45 Watt

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