Celeron M 340 vs 2950M
Aggregate performance score
Celeron 2950M outperforms Celeron M 340 by a whopping 457% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 2950M and Celeron M 340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2626 | 3315 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Celeron M |
| Power efficiency | 2.00 | 0.63 |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Banias (2003) |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron 2950M and Celeron M 340 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 512 KB L2 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.356V |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 2950M and Celeron M 340 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 | no data |
| Socket | FCPGA946 | PPGA478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 24.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron M 340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | no data | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Celeron 2950M and Celeron M 340 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 M 340 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 M 340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2950M and Celeron M 340 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| VGA | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2950M and Celeron M 340.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.78 | 0.14 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 24 Watt |
Celeron 2950M has a 457.1% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 490.9% more advanced lithography process.
Celeron M 340, on the other hand, has 54.2% lower power consumption.
The Celeron 2950M is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron M 340 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 2950M and Celeron M 340, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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