AMD Athlon 220GE vs Intel Celeron 2961Y

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AMD Athlon 220GE CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 2961Y
AMD Athlon 220GE Intel Celeron 2961Y

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon 220GE or Intel Celeron 2961Y - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon 220GE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 220GE was released in Q3/2018.

The Intel Celeron 2961Y has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2961Y was released in Q4/2013.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Athlon 200 (3) CPU group Intel Celeron 2000 (7)
5 Generation 4
Raven Ridge (Zen+) Architecture Haswell U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon 220GE has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon 220GE is 3.40 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Intel Celeron 2961Y has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 2961Y is at 1.10 GHz.

AMD Athlon 220GE Characteristic Intel Celeron 2961Y
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon 220GE Characteristic Intel Celeron 2961Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Athlon 220GE or Intel Celeron 2961Y has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
1.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
8 GPU Generation 7.5
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
3 Compute units 10
192 Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon 220GE can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Celeron 2961Y supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

AMD Athlon 220GE Characteristic Intel Celeron 2961Y
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon 220GE is 35 W, while the Intel Celeron 2961Y has a TDP of 11.5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon 220GE Characteristic Intel Celeron 2961Y
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 11.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 6 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon 220GE is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron 2961Y is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon 220GE Characteristic Intel Celeron 2961Y
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket BGA 1168
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2013
65 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 220GE (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y (29%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 220GE (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y (21%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
886 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
252 (28%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2023 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
484 (24%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
136 (32%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
4426 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
728 (16%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
136 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
39 (29%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
381 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
83 (22%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
321 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
804 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2961Y Intel Celeron 2961Y
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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