Athlon II N370 vs Celeron N2920

General info

Comparing Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2650	2673
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	AMD Athlon II
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data
Current price	$278 (2.6x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus support	no data	3200 MHz
L1 cache	56K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	117.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	234 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1170	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
AES-NI	-	no data
VirusProtect	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	no data
Graphics max frequency	844 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2920 and Athlon II N370.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no data
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	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 N2920 outperforms Athlon II N370 by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.61	0.58
Recency	1 December 2013	16 December 2010
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	35 Watt

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