Ryzen 5 8640U vs Celeron 2961Y
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 8640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 561 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 44.62 |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (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 5 8640U 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 1.1 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.1 GHz | 4.9 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) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 25,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 8640U 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 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 11.5 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Ryzen 5 8640U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Ryzen AI, 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 5 8640U 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 8640U 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 8640U. 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 760M |
| 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 5 8640U 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 5 8640U.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 20 |
| 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.
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 December 2013 | 6 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 11 Watt | 28 Watt |
Celeron 2961Y has 154.5% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 8640U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.
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