Athlon II X3 445 vs Celeron G3900TE

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G3900TE and Athlon II X3 445 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2230	2241
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.35	2.01
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Rana (2009−2011)
Release date	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)	11 May 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$42	$91
Current price	$42 (1x MSRP)	$19.63 (0.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X3 445 has 49% better value for money than Celeron G3900TE.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G3900TE and Athlon II X3 445 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	no data	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mm	169 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G3900TE and Athlon II X3 445 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)	1
Socket	LGA-1151	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900TE and Athlon II X3 445. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900TE and Athlon II X3 445 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900TE and Athlon II X3 445. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 510

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900TE and Athlon II X3 445.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	no 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.

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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.

Celeron G3900TE outperforms Athlon II X3 445 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.20	1.18
Recency	19 October 2015	11 May 2010
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Cost	$42	$91
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

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