Athlon II X2 255 vs Celeron G1820TE

General info

Comparing Celeron G1820TE and Athlon II X2 255 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2607	2524
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	0.02
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	25 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$60
Current price	$1985	$16.55 (0.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron G1820TE and Athlon II X2 255 have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

Celeron G1820TE and Athlon II X2 255 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	2.2 GHz	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	177 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G1820TE and Athlon II X2 255 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	1150	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G1820TE and Athlon II X2 255. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G1820TE and Athlon II X2 255 are enumerated here.

VT-x

+

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G1820TE and Athlon II X2 255. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD (Haswell)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G1820TE and Athlon II X2 255.

PCIe version

3.0

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.

Athlon II X2 255 outperforms Celeron G1820TE by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.66	0.76
Recency	1 December 2013	25 January 2010
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	65 Watt

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