Celeron Dual-Core T3300 vs Phenom II X4 N950
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X4 N950 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2073 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | Intel Celeron Dual-Core |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Penryn (2008−2011) |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (13 years ago) | 1 February 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 N950 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 N950 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 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.
| Socket | S1 | Socket P 478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Security technologies
Phenom II X4 N950 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 October 2010 | 1 February 2010 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
Phenom II X4 N950 has an age advantage of 8 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 N950 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300. We've got no test results to judge.
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