Phenom II X3 P860 vs Celeron U3600

Primary details

Comparing Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	3x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	11 January 2011 (13 years ago)	4 October 2010 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860 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	1.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	2 GHz
Bus support	1 × 2.5 GT/s	3600 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	81 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	382 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860 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	BGA1288	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	integrated DDR3 Memory Controller, Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)
AES-NI	-	no data
FMA	+	no data
VirusProtect	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
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860 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 U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860 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 U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron U3600 and Phenom II X3 P860.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 January 2011	4 October 2010
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	25 Watt

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