Pentium J2900 vs Celeron G3900E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2273	2611
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	3.47	7.48
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Bay Trail-D (2013)
Release date	2 January 2016 (8 years ago)	1 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$94

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900 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	4
Base clock speed	no data	2.41 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.66 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	224 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Die size	98.57 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	1750 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900 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	no data	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FDI	no data	-
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	-
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics 510	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	896 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

11.2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900E and Pentium J2900.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4
USB revision	no data	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.33	0.82
Recency	2 January 2016	1 November 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

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