Celeron B820 vs Core i3-350M

Place in performance ranking	2589	2723
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i3	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 July 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$130	$86
Current price	$123 (0.9x MSRP)	$34 (0.4x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Core i3-350M and Celeron B820 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus support	1 × 2.5 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C for rPGA, 105 °C for BGA	100 °C
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-350M and Celeron B820 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	1
Socket	BGA1288,PGA988	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-350M and Celeron B820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	-
FMA	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	+
Fast Memory Access	+	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Core i3-350M and Celeron B820 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-350M and Celeron B820 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-350M and Celeron B820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.1 GB/s	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	-
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-350M and Celeron B820 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-350M and Celeron B820.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

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.

i3-350M 0.70
+32.1%

Celeron B820 0.53

Core i3-350M outperforms Celeron B820 by 32% based on our aggregated 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%

i3-350M 1079
+31.9%

Celeron B820 818

Core i3-350M outperforms Celeron B820 by 32% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i3-350M 292
+4.3%

Celeron B820 280

Core i3-350M outperforms Celeron B820 by 4% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i3-350M 595
+21.7%

Celeron B820 489

Core i3-350M outperforms Celeron B820 by 22% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.