i3-9100F vs Celeron 2.8 GHz

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1372
Place by popularitynot in top-10040
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.86
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data6.17
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$122

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate400 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)52.8 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 52 Watt 65 Watt

Celeron 2.8 GHz has 25% lower power consumption.

i3-9100F, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 2.8 GHz and Core i3-9100F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 2.8 GHz is a notebook processor while Core i3-9100F is a desktop one.


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