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AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs Intel Celeron G1820

AMD

AMD Athlon II X2 280

AMD Socket AM3 3600 MHz 2 cores Feb 2013 DESKTOP
AMD Athlon II X2 280
Intel

Intel Celeron G1820

Intel Socket 1150 2700 MHz 2 cores Dec 2013 DESKTOP
Intel Celeron G1820

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Athlon II X2 280100%
  • Intel Celeron G1820119%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon II X2 280100%
  • Intel Celeron G1820122%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon II X2 280100%
  • Intel Celeron G1820115%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 280

  • None

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G1820

  • Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
  • 15% higher multi threaded performance.
  • Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon II X2 280.
  • Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.
Intel Celeron G1820
Gaming

HWSpot recommends the Intel Celeron G1820

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner
Productivity

No clear winner declared

Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon II X2 280Intel Celeron G1820
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
NX bit
AMD Virtualization
SSSE3
SSE4.2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD Athlon II X2 280Intel Celeron G1820
ArchitectureAMD K10Intel_Haswell
MarketDesktopDesktop
Memory SupportDDR2, DDR3DDR3
CodenameRegorHaswell
Release DateFeb 2013Dec 2013

Cores

AMD Athlon II X2 280Intel Celeron G1820
Cores22
Threads22
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsNoIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

AMD Athlon II X2 280Intel Celeron G1820
L1 Cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KB3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Athlon II X2 280Intel Celeron G1820
SocketAMD Socket AM3Intel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknown72°C
PackageuPGAFC-LGA12C
Die Size117mm²177mm²
Process45 nm22 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon II X2 280Intel Celeron G1820
Cpu Frequency3600 MHz2700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonenone
Base Clock200 MHz100 MHz
Voltage1.15 Vunknown
TDP65 W54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon II X2 2802268 points
  • Intel Celeron G18203024 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon II X2 2804536 points
  • Intel Celeron G18206048 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD Athlon II X2 2803308
  • Intel Celeron G18203832

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD Athlon II X2 2801785
  • Intel Celeron G18202194

points - higher is better

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