Atom C3958 vs Celeron N2806

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1745
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.55
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Atom
Power efficiencyno data7.56
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date1 December 2013 (10 years ago)15 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache56K (per core)896 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)16 MB
L3 cache0 KB16 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C83 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)4.5 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States+no data
Smart Connect+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4: 2400
Maximum memory size4 GB256 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Seriesno data
Graphics max frequency756 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958.

PCIe version2.03
PCI Express lanes416
USB revision3.0 and 2.03
Total number of SATA ports216
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data16
Number of USB ports58
Integrated LANno data4x10/2.5/1 GBE

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 N2806 489
Atom C3958 3929
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2013 15 August 2017
Physical cores 2 16
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 31 Watt

Celeron N2806 has 675% lower power consumption.

Atom C3958, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron N2806 and Atom C3958. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron N2806 is a notebook processor while Atom C3958 is a server/workstation one.


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