Athlon Neo X2 L325 vs Celeron M 560

Place in the ranking	3063	3046
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron M	2x AMD Athlon Neo
Power efficiency	1.07	1.84
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Congo (2009)
Release date	1 May 2008 (16 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 560 and Athlon Neo X2 L325 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Boost clock speed	2.13 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	1600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	143 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 560 and Athlon Neo X2 L325 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.

Socket	PPGA478	ASB1
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 560 and Athlon Neo X2 L325. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	HyperTransport 3.0, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization Technology
VirusProtect	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 560 and Athlon Neo X2 L325. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR2

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 M 560 0.34

Athlon Neo X2 L325 0.35
+2.9%

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.

Celeron M 560 535

Athlon Neo X2 L325 556
+3.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	0.35
Recency	1 May 2008	10 September 2009
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	18 Watt

Athlon Neo X2 L325 has a 2.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Celeron M 560 and Athlon Neo X2 L325.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron M 560 and Athlon Neo X2 L325, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.