Celeron N2815 vs i7-2600S

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1656not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.42no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency4.24no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date9 January 2011 (13 years ago)1 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$210$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.8 GHz1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.13 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)112 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)1 MB
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size216 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1,160 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA1155FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Connectno data+
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Identity Protection+-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3L-1066
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 2000Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency1.35 GHz756 MHz
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported22

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes164
USB revisionno data3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5

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.

i7-2600S 4628
+841%
Celeron N2815 492

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.

i7-2600S 582
+285%
Celeron N2815 151

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.

i7-2600S 1773
+606%
Celeron N2815 251

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2011 1 December 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 7 Watt

i7-2600S has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Celeron N2815, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 828.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-2600S and Celeron N2815. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-2600S is a desktop processor while Celeron N2815 is a notebook one.


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