AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs Intel Celeron G1850

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Phenom II X3 720		Intel Celeron G1850
CPU comparison AMD Phenom II X3 720 or Intel Celeron G1850 - 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 Phenom II X3 720 has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X3 720 was released in Q1/2009. The Intel Celeron G1850 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G1850 was released in Q2/2014.

AMD Phenom II (52)	Family	Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Phenom II - 700 (9)	CPU group	Intel Celeron G1000 (12)
3	Generation	3
Heka (K10)	Architecture	Ivy Bridge S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Phenom II X3 720 is a 3 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz. The Intel Celeron G1850 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz.
AMD Phenom II X3 720	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G1850
3	Cores	2
3	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
2.80 GHz	Frequency	2.90 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

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 Phenom II X3 720	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G1850
--	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 (Haswell GT1)
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
--	GPU Generation	7.5
	Technology	22 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	10
--	Shader	80
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	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.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
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	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Phenom II X3 720 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G1850 can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Phenom II X3 720	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G1850
DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	Memory	DDR3-1333
	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Phenom II X3 720 has a TDP of 95 W, that of the Intel Celeron G1850 is 53 W.
AMD Phenom II X3 720	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G1850
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	53 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Phenom II X3 720 has a 6.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron G1850 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
AMD Phenom II X3 720	Characteristic	Intel Celeron G1850
45 nm	Technology	22 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM3	Socket	LGA 1150
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2009	Release date	Q2/2014
--	Release price	52 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Phenom II X3 720 (65%)

Intel Celeron G1850 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Phenom II X3 720 (92%)

Intel Celeron G1850 (88%)

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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	379 (62%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	607 (100%)

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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	985 (75%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	1307 (100%)

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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	2811 (100%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	1900 (68%)

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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	74 (67%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	110 (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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	213 (100%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	205 (96%)

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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	532 (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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	920 (100%)

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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	159 (100%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 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 Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	450 (100%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Phenom II X3 720 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron G1850 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.05 GHz	168 (100%)

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