Intel Celeron N3050 vs AMD Athlon II X4 635 |
Released January, 2015
Intel Celeron N3050
- 1.6 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Celeron N3050
 | Much newer manufacturing process 14 nm | | Much lower typical power consumption 4.88W |
| | Has a built-in GPU Yes | | Much better performance per watt 8.65 pt/W |
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Released January, 2010
AMD Athlon II X4 635
- 2.9 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X4 635
| | Much higher clock speed 2.9 GHz | | Much better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 5,202 |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.58 GHz | | Better geekbench 3 single core score 1,502 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 14 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 4.88W | vs | 137.63W | 28.2x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| Much better performance per watt | 8.65 pt/W | vs | 0.79 pt/W | Around 11x better performance per watt | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 1.45 $/year | vs | 48.4 $/year | 33.5x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 5.26 $/year | vs | 137.53 $/year | 26.2x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Newer | Jan, 2015 | vs | Jan, 2010 | Release date over 5 years later | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 2.9 GHz | vs | 1.6 GHz | More than 80% higher clock speed | |||
| Much better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score | 5,202 | vs | 1,584 | More than 3.2x better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.58 GHz | vs | 2.14 GHz | More than 65% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Better geekbench 3 single core score | 1,502 | vs | 879 | More than 70% better geekbench 3 single core score | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.9 GHz | vs | 1.6 GHz | More than 80% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Celeron N3050 vs Athlon II X4 635
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Celeron N3050 | vs | Athlon II X4 635 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 6W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 1.45 $/year | 48.4 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 5.26 $/year | 137.53 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 8.65 pt/W | 0.79 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 4.88W | 137.63W | |
details | Celeron N3050 | vs | Athlon II X4 635 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 14 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.14 GHz | 3.58 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.6 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.14 GHz | 3.58 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | None | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | 320 MHz | N/A | |
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