Atom C3750 vs Celeron 2981U

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2742not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Atom
Power efficiency4.13no data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date1 January 2014 (10 years ago)15 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$171

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache128 KB448 KB
L2 cache512 KB16 MB
L3 cache2 MB16 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt21 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology--
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 2981U and Atom C3750 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
SGXno data-
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4: 2400
Maximum memory size16 GB256 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750 integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750.

PCIe version2.03
PCI Express lanes1212
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.03
Total number of SATA ports212
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports212
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports48
Integrated LAN-2x10/2.5/1 GBE
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2014 15 August 2017
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 21 Watt

Celeron 2981U has 40% lower power consumption.

Atom C3750, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 2981U and Atom C3750. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 2981U is a notebook processor while Atom C3750 is a server/workstation one.


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