Celeron 2955U vs Pentium 4 630

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 4 630
1 core / 2 threads, 84 Watt
0.17
Celeron 2955U
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.55
+224%

Celeron 2955U outperforms Pentium 4 630 by a whopping 224% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32772844
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesPentium 4Intel Celeron
Power efficiency0.173.47
Architecture codenamePrescott 2MHaswell (2013−2015)
Release dateno data1 September 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.2V-1.4Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U 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 configurationno data1
SocketPLGA775FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
FSB parity-no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data-
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data10
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.

Pentium 4 630 0.17
Celeron 2955U 0.55
+224%

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.

Pentium 4 630 272
Celeron 2955U 880
+224%

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.

Pentium 4 630 1605
Celeron 2955U 2069
+28.9%

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.

Pentium 4 630 1975
Celeron 2955U 4000
+103%

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.

Pentium 4 630 103
Celeron 2955U 53.2
+93.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.17 0.55
Physical cores 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron 2955U has a 223.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores, a 309.1% more advanced lithography process, and 460% lower power consumption.

The Celeron 2955U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 630 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium 4 630 is a desktop processor while Celeron 2955U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4 630 and Celeron 2955U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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