Celeron N3350 vs 2961Y

Place in the ranking	2952	2707
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	3.39	11.04
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	30 August 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$24

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2961Y and Celeron N3350 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	1.1 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	11
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 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 2961Y and Celeron N3350 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	FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)	11.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Celeron N3350. 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 2961Y and Celeron N3350 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2961Y and Celeron N3350 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 2961Y and Celeron N3350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3, DDR4
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 Compare	Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors	Intel HD Graphics 500
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	650 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2961Y and Celeron N3350 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 2961Y and Celeron N3350 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	+
OpenGL	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2961Y and Celeron N3350.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	12	6
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	3.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	4	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	4	2
Integrated IDE	-	no data
Number of USB ports	4	8
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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron 2961Y 0.43

Celeron N3350 0.70
+62.8%

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.

Celeron 2961Y 684

Celeron N3350 1107
+61.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.43	0.70
Recency	1 December 2013	30 August 2016
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	11 Watt	6 Watt

Celeron N3350 has a 62.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 83.3% lower power consumption.

The Celeron N3350 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 2961Y in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 2961Y and Celeron N3350, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.