Celeron B840 vs A6 Pro-7050B

General info

Comparing A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2617	2613
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	4 June 2014 (9 years ago)	1 July 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$86
Current price	no data	$133 (1.5x MSRP)

Technical specs

A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840 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	2.2 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.9 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	245 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	2410 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840 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	no data	1
Socket	FP3	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840. 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, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	no data
FRTC	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
RAID	+	no data
HSA	1	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	no data
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
iGPU core count	3	no data
Number of pipelines	192	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	no data	1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Celeron B840.

PCIe version	3.0	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.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	4 June 2014	1 July 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

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