Celeron G3900TE vs V-Series V120

Primary details

Comparing V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2255
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.35
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD V-Series	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$42
Current price	$23	$42 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus support	3200 MHz	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	S1	LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Integrated DDR3 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
VirusProtect	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE 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 V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics 510

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 May 2010	19 October 2015
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

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