Celeron N2830 vs 2950M
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2622 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 2.00 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) | 23 February 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | $107 |
Detailed specifications
Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.16 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.41 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 56K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °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 N2830 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCPGA946 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 7.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830. 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 | - | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Smart Connect | no data | + |
| RST | no data | - |
Security technologies
Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | 750 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 2 |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| VGA | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 and 2.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 5 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 September 2013 | 23 February 2014 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 7 Watt |
Celeron N2830 has an age advantage of 5 months, and 428.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Celeron 2950M and Celeron N2830. We've got no test results to judge.
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