M3-8100Y vs Celeron B730

Primary details

Comparing Celeron B730 and M3-8100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Core M3
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Amber Lake (2018−2019)
Release date	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)	28 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$70	$281

Detailed specifications

Celeron B730 and M3-8100Y 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	OPI
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	4 GT/s
Multiplier	18	16
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	1.5 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B730 and M3-8100Y 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	G2 (988B)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B730 and M3-8100Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Celeron B730 and M3-8100Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B730 and M3-8100Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B730 and M3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	16 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	29.861 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Intel UHD Graphics 615

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B730 and M3-8100Y.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	10

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2012	28 August 2018
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	5 Watt

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