Celeron N3160 vs N2940

Place in the ranking	2742	2654
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	8.92	17.74
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date	22 May 2014 (10 years ago)	15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$107

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.83 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.25 GHz	2.24 GHz
Bus type	no data	IDI
L1 cache	56K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160 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	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	+	-
HD Audio	no data	+
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	-
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+
VT-i	no data	-
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.32 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	640 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	+
OpenGL	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	4
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	5	5
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	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 N2940 0.66

Celeron N3160 0.75
+13.6%

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 N2940 1044

Celeron N3160 1187
+13.7%

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 N2940 167

Celeron N3160 170
+1.8%

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 N2940 501

Celeron N3160 517
+3.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.66	0.75
Recency	22 May 2014	15 January 2016
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	6 Watt

Celeron N3160 has a 13.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

The Celeron N3160 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N2940 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N2940 and Celeron N3160, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.