Celeron 2950M vs Pentium Silver A1030

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2638
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	no data	1.98
Architecture codename	no data	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	1 July 2020 (4 years ago)	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$75

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	118 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
vPro	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	700 GHz	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
VGA	no data	+
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Celeron 2950M.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	16
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2020	1 September 2013
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt

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