Celeron 2950M vs A4-5000

General info

Comparing A4-5000 and Celeron 2950M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2438	2480
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	23 May 2013 (10 years old)	1 September 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$75
Current price	$248	$73 (1x MSRP)

Technical specs

A4-5000 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	no data	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Die size	246 mm2	118 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A4-5000 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	FT3	FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5000 and Celeron 2950M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1600	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	+	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	-	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
TSX	no data	-
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

A4-5000 and Celeron 2950M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	no data	-
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5000 and Celeron 2950M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5000 and Celeron 2950M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8330	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-5000 and Celeron 2950M integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-5000 and Celeron 2950M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5000 and Celeron 2950M.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

A4-5000 outperforms Celeron 2950M by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.84	0.80
Recency	23 May 2013	1 September 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt

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