Celeron 2981U: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Celeron 2981U provides poor benchmark performance at 0.64% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Celeron 2981U sales 1 January 2014. This is a Haswell architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1168 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Celeron 2981U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2655 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Celeron | |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | |
| Release date | 1 January 2014 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 2981U compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA1168 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2981U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| AES-NI | - | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| TSX | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| SIPP | - | |
| Smart Response | - | |
| GPIO | + | |
| Smart Connect | + | |
| FDI | - | |
| AMT | 9.5 | |
| Matrix Storage | - | |
| Status | Discontinued | |
| HD Audio | + | |
| RST | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| Identity Protection | - | |
| OS Guard | - | |
| Anti-Theft | - |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + | |
| VT-d | - | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Celeron 2981U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Celeron 2981U.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Clear Video | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2981U's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | |
| eDP | + | |
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
| PCI support | - | |
| USB revision | 3.0 | |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | |
| Integrated IDE | - | |
| Number of USB ports | 4 | |
| Integrated LAN | - | |
| UART | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Celeron 2981U. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Celeron 2981U is E2-9000, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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