A6-7000 vs Celeron B840
Aggregate performance score
A6-7000 outperforms Celeron B840 by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron B840 and A6-7000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2801 | 2778 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | AMD Kaveri |
| Power efficiency | 1.65 | 3.56 |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Kaveri (2014−2015) |
| Release date | 1 July 2011 (13 years ago) | 1 June 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron B840 and A6-7000 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.9 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 19 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 1024 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 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 B840 and A6-7000 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) | no data |
| Socket | G2 (988B) | FT3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B840 and A6-7000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| FRTC | - | + |
| TrueAudio | - | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| PowerGating | - | + |
| Out-of-band client management | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| HSA | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Security technologies
Celeron B840 and A6-7000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B840 and A6-7000 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| IOMMU 2.0 | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B840 and A6-7000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| 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 (Sandy Bridge) (650 - 950 MHz) | AMD Radeon R4 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 3 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron B840 and A6-7000 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Celeron B840 and A6-7000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B840 and A6-7000.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
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.
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
| Performance score | 0.61 | 0.64 |
| Recency | 1 July 2011 | 1 June 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 17 Watt |
A6-7000 has a 4.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Celeron B840 and A6-7000.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron B840 and A6-7000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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