Celeron 2957U vs i5-4210M

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-4210M
2014
2 cores / 4 threads, 37 Watt
1.82
+237%
Celeron 2957U
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.54

Core i5-4210M outperforms Celeron 2957U by a whopping 237% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20122854
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Celeron
Power efficiency4.653.40
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date14 April 2014 (10 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$225$107

Detailed specifications

Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.6 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/s5 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache3 MB2 MB
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die size130 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors960 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U 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
SocketFCPGA946FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection+-
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theft+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d--
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 4600Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Max video memory2 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHz1 GHz
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.43840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGA2880x1800@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-4210M and Celeron 2957U.

PCIe version32.0
PCI Express lanes1610
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

i5-4210M 1.82
+237%
Celeron 2957U 0.54

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.

i5-4210M 2886
+238%
Celeron 2957U 855

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-4210M 4584
+121%
Celeron 2957U 2077

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-4210M 10186
+152%
Celeron 2957U 4043

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i5-4210M 17.13
+212%
Celeron 2957U 53.5

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.

i5-4210M 3
+179%
Celeron 2957U 1

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-4210M 306
+191%
Celeron 2957U 105

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-4210M 122
+122%
Celeron 2957U 55

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-4210M 1.39
+124%
Celeron 2957U 0.62

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i5-4210M 1.8
+1285%
Celeron 2957U 0.1

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-4210M 3185
+201%
Celeron 2957U 1058

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-4210M 19
+155%
Celeron 2957U 8

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-4210M 95
+131%
Celeron 2957U 41

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

i5-4210M 6185
+180%
Celeron 2957U 2208

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

i5-4210M 2945
+130%
Celeron 2957U 1283

Geekbench 2

i5-4210M 6148
+118%
Celeron 2957U 2819

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.82 0.54
Integrated graphics card 1.84 0.77
Recency 14 April 2014 1 January 2014
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 15 Watt

i5-4210M has a 237% higher aggregate performance score, 139% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 months, and 100% more threads.

Celeron 2957U, on the other hand, has 146.7% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-4210M is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 2957U in performance tests.


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