Ryzen 7 9700X vs Celeron 887

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated216
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data51.42
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiencyno data34.27
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Granite Ridge (2024)
Release date1 September 2012 (12 years ago)8 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86$359

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X 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)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz5.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm4 nm
Die size131 mm270.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistors504 million8,315 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1023AM5
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
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 2no data+

Security technologies

Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X 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 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes1624

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.

Celeron 887 754
Ryzen 7 9700X 37389
+4859%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron 887 1877
Ryzen 7 9700X 9457
+404%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron 887 3597
Ryzen 7 9700X 57914
+1510%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron 887 1414
Ryzen 7 9700X 18794
+1229%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron 887 48
Ryzen 7 9700X 2.36
+1934%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron 887 1
Ryzen 7 9700X 36
+3079%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Celeron 887 0.58
Ryzen 7 9700X 4.06
+600%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Celeron 887 0.1
Ryzen 7 9700X 16.1
+16000%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Celeron 887 986
Ryzen 7 9700X 13549
+1274%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2012 8 August 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 65 Watt

Celeron 887 has 282.4% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 9700X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 887 and Ryzen 7 9700X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 887 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 9700X is a desktop one.


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