Celeron N3000 vs 2957U
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2837 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 3.41 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Braswell (2015−2016) |
| Release date | 1 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 April 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $107 | $107 |
Detailed specifications
Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000 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 | 1.4 GHz | 1.04 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.4 GHz | 2.08 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | IDI |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 90 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA1168 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Smart Response | - | - |
| GPIO | + | + |
| Smart Connect | + | - |
| FDI | - | no data |
| AMT | 9.5 | no data |
| Matrix Storage | - | no data |
| HD Audio | + | + |
| RST | + | - |
Security technologies
Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Boot | no data | + |
| Secure Key | + | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| OS Guard | - | - |
| Anti-Theft | - | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| VT-i | no data | - |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 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® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series |
| Max video memory | no data | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | + | + |
| Clear Video | + | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | 600 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 12 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 |
| eDP | + | + |
| DisplayPort | + | + |
| HDMI | + | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | + |
| OpenGL | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3000.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 10 | 4 |
| PCI support | - | no data |
| USB revision | 3.0 | 2.0/3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | 2 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | 2 |
| Integrated IDE | - | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 4 | 5 |
| Integrated LAN | - | - |
| UART | + | + |
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 January 2014 | 1 April 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 4 Watt |
Celeron N3000 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.
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