Celeron 877 vs N2930

Place in the ranking	2758	2945
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	8.65	2.45
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	23 February 2014 (10 years ago)	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$86

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.83 GHz	1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.16 GHz	1.4 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	14
L1 cache	56K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
Smart Connect	+	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	1 GHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877.

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

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.

Celeron N2930 0.64
+45.5%

Celeron 877 0.44

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 N2930 1014
+46.3%

Celeron 877 693

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron N2930 163

Celeron 877 242
+48.5%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron N2930 476
+4.2%

Celeron 877 457

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 N2930 2
+46.7%

Celeron 877 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.64	0.44
Recency	23 February 2014	1 July 2012
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	17 Watt

Celeron N2930 has a 45.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 142.9% lower power consumption.

The Celeron N2930 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 877 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N2930 and Celeron 877, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.