AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs Intel Celeron J3160

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AMD Athlon II X2 265 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron J3160
AMD Athlon II X2 265 Intel Celeron J3160

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon II X2 265 or Intel Celeron J3160 - 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 II X2 265 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 265 was released in Q2/2010.

The Intel Celeron J3160 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.24 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J3160 was released in Q1/2016.
AMD Athlon II (52) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18) CPU group Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10)
1 Generation 8
Propus Architecture Braswell
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X2 265 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz. The Intel Celeron J3160 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz (2.24 GHz).

AMD Athlon II X2 265 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3160
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.30 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.24 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.24 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Athlon II X2 265 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3160
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 400
GPU frequency 0.32 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.70 GHz
-- GPU Generation 8
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 400
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon II X2 265 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J3160 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon II X2 265 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3160
DDR3-1333 Memory DDR3L-1600
16 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 4
-- PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X2 265 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Celeron J3160 is 6 W.

AMD Athlon II X2 265 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3160
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II X2 265 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron J3160 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD Athlon II X2 265 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3160
45 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM3 Socket BGA 1170
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2010 Release date Q1/2016
-- Release price 107 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon II X2 265 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3160 (47%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon II X2 265 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3160 (94%)

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 II X2 265 AMD Athlon II X2 265
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
469 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
222 (47%)

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 II X2 265 AMD Athlon II X2 265
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
868 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
764 (88%)

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 II X2 265 AMD Athlon II X2 265
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
1255 (99%)
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
1265 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon II X2 265 AMD Athlon II X2 265
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
182 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon II X2 265 AMD Athlon II X2 265
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
555 (100%)

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 II X2 265 AMD Athlon II X2 265
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.70 GHz
147 (100%)

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 II X2 265 AMD Athlon II X2 265
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
38 (100%)

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 II X2 265 AMD Athlon II X2 265
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
136 (100%)

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