Ryzen 3 8440U vs Celeron 2961Y

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	929
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	no data	27.24
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.1 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	4 nm
Die size	118 mm2	137 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	20,900 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U 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	FCBGA1168	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	11.5 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
AMT	9.5	no data
Matrix Storage	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
Maximum memory size	16 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	AMD Radeon 740M
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 3 8440U.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	12	14
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	4	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	4	no data
Integrated IDE	-	no data
Number of USB ports	4	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	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 December 2013	6 December 2023
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	22 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	11 Watt	28 Watt

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