Celeron 900 vs 2950M

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2621	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	2.00	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	no data
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	118 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FCPGA946	PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	-
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
VGA	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2013	1 January 2009
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	35 Watt

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