Celeron G3900 vs Turion II Ultra M660

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II Ultra M660
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 2 Watt
0.57
Celeron G3900
2015, $42
2 cores / 2 threads, 51 Watt
1.22
+114%

Celeron G3900 outperforms Turion II Ultra M660 by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30692526
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.18
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion II UltraIntel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data2.56
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date10 September 2009 (16 years ago)1 September 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$42

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900 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 speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data28
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data150 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data65 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinFCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)2 MB51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 510
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Celeron G3900.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 1.22
Recency 10 September 2009 1 September 2015
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 51 Watt

Turion II Ultra M660 has 2450% lower power consumption.

Celeron G3900, on the other hand, has a 114% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Intel Celeron G3900 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II Ultra M660 in performance tests.

Be aware that Turion II Ultra M660 is a notebook processor while Celeron G3900 is a desktop one.

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