Celeron 897 vs Phenom II X4 B97

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 B97 and Celeron 897 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2104not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.36no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.59no data
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date11 May 2010 (14 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$100no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 B97 and Celeron 897 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache128 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size258 mm2131 mm2
Number of transistors758 million504 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 B97 and Celeron 897 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 B97 and Celeron 897. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 B97 and Celeron 897 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 B97 and Celeron 897. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 B97 and Celeron 897.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 17 Watt

Phenom II X4 B97 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron 897, on the other hand, has a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 458.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 B97 and Celeron 897. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X4 B97 is a desktop processor while Celeron 897 is a notebook one.


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