Celeron 2970M vs FX-7500

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Aggregate performance score

FX-7500
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 19 Watt
2.02
+115%
Celeron 2970M
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 37 Watt
0.94

FX-7500 outperforms Celeron 2970M by a whopping 115% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19282521
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriIntel Celeron
Power efficiency10.062.40
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)14 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75

Detailed specifications

FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache4096 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography28 nm22 nm
Die size245 mm2130 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors2,410 million960 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M 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
SocketFP3FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
iGPU core count6no data
Quick Sync Video-+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
VGAno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-7500 and Celeron 2970M.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes816

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.

FX-7500 2.02
+115%
Celeron 2970M 0.94

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.

FX-7500 3209
+114%
Celeron 2970M 1501

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.

FX-7500 2060
Celeron 2970M 3222
+56.4%

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.

FX-7500 5482
Celeron 2970M 6248
+14%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

FX-7500 2771
+11.3%
Celeron 2970M 2489

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.

FX-7500 23.32
+43.7%
Celeron 2970M 33.5

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.

FX-7500 2
Celeron 2970M 2
+9.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

FX-7500 153
Celeron 2970M 164
+7.2%

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.

FX-7500 55
Celeron 2970M 85
+54.5%

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.

FX-7500 0.65
Celeron 2970M 0.96
+47.7%

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.

FX-7500 1.1
+450%
Celeron 2970M 0.2

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.

FX-7500 1479
+4.9%
Celeron 2970M 1410

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.  

FX-7500 14
+18.8%
Celeron 2970M 12

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.  

FX-7500 69
+9.6%
Celeron 2970M 63

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.02 0.94
Recency 4 June 2014 14 April 2014
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 37 Watt

FX-7500 has a 114.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 94.7% lower power consumption.

Celeron 2970M, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

The FX-7500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 2970M in performance tests.


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