Celeron 900 vs 2950M

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2594not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)no data
Release date1 October 2013 (10 years ago)1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 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 cores2 (Dual-core)no data
Threads2no data
Base clock speed2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHzno data
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache2 MB1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography22 nm45 nm
Die size130 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors960 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCPGA946PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Thermal Monitoring+-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
VGA+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Celeron 2950M 1234
+206%
Celeron 900 403

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2013 1 January 2009
Chip lithography 22 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 35 Watt

Celeron 2950M has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 104.5% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 900, on the other hand, has 5.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 2950M and Celeron 900. We've got no test results to judge.


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