Ryzen 5 7520C vs Celeron 2961Y

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 7520C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date1 December 2013 (10 years ago)23 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 7520C 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.1 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm6 nm
Die size118 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 7520C 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1168no data
Power consumption (TDP)11.5 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 7520C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
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
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data

Security technologies

Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 7520C 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 5 7520C 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 5 7520C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon 610M
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 7520C integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 7520C.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports4no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports4no data
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2013 23 May 2023
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 22 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 11 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron 2961Y has 36.4% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 7520C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 266.7% more advanced lithography process.

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