Ryzen 3 7440U vs Celeron 857

Place in the ranking	3038	921
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency	2.00	27.65
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Phoenix-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date	1 July 2011 (13 years ago)	3 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U 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	1.2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	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	32 nm	4 nm
Die size	131 mm²	137 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	20,900 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1023	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U. 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	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Celeron 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U 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 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U. 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	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2500 MHz)
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	14

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 857 0.36

Ryzen 3 7440U 8.18
+2172%

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 857 569

Ryzen 3 7440U 12991
+2183%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.36	8.18
Integrated graphics card	0.77	8.31
Recency	1 July 2011	3 May 2023
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	28 Watt

Celeron 857 has 64.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 3 7440U, on the other hand, has a 2172.2% higher aggregate performance score, 979.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 7440U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 857 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 857 and Ryzen 3 7440U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.