Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Celeron T3000

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron T3000 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Athlon 64
Architecture codenameno dataTyler (2007−2009)
Release date1 April 2009 (15 years ago)1 November 2009 (14 years ago)
Current priceno data$66

Detailed specifications

Celeron T3000 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Bus supportno data1600 MHz
L1 cacheno data0 MB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range1V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron T3000 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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.

SocketPGA478Socket S1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron T3000 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow
PowerNowno data+
VirusProtectno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Celeron T3000 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 T3000 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 are enumerated here.

VT-x-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.


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 T3000 687
+19.1%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 577

Celeron T3000 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 by 19% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2009 1 November 2009
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 20 Watt

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