AMD Athlon II X3 400e vs Intel Celeron G550T

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Combined performance score

Celeron G550T
0.72

Athlon II X3 400e outperforms Celeron G550T by 19% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Celeron G550T and Athlon II X3 400e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25512420
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data1.80
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Rana (2009−2011)
Release date4 September 2011 (12 years old)October 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107
Current priceno data$64 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Celeron G550T and Athlon II X3 400e 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)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads23
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size131 mm2169 mm2
Maximum core temperature65 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million300 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G550T and Athlon II X3 400e 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
SocketFCLGA1155AM3
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G550T and Athlon II X3 400e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no 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
Flex Memory Access+no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Celeron G550T and Athlon II X3 400e 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 G550T and Athlon II X3 400e 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 G550T and Athlon II X3 400e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G550T and Athlon II X3 400e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G550T and Athlon II X3 400e.

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 G550T 0.72
Athlon II X3 400e 0.86
+19.4%

Athlon II X3 400e outperforms Celeron G550T by 19% 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 G550T 1102
Athlon II X3 400e 1320
+19.8%

Athlon II X3 400e outperforms Celeron G550T by 20% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.72 0.86
Physical cores 2 3
Threads 2 3
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

The Athlon II X3 400e is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G550T in performance tests.


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