Celeron 2955U vs Pentium J2850

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium J2850
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
0.64
+16.4%
Celeron 2955U
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.55

Pentium J2850 outperforms Celeron 2955U by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2850 and Celeron 2955U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27562830
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Celeron
Power efficiency6.063.47
Architecture codenameBay Trail-D (2013)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$94no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2850 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.41 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
L1 cache224 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2850 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2850 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 Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
PAE36 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDI--
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RST-+

Security technologies

Pentium J2850 and Celeron 2955U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2850 and Celeron 2955U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2850 and Celeron 2955U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 SeriesIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequency854 MHz1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2850 and Celeron 2955U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2850 and Celeron 2955U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes410
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 J2850 0.64
+16.4%
Celeron 2955U 0.55

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 J2850 1016
+15.8%
Celeron 2955U 877

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.64 0.55
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium J2850 has a 16.4% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Pentium J2850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 2955U in performance tests.


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