Celeron E3300 vs 2957U

Place in the ranking	2835	2871
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.83
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	3.40	0.73
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)	30 August 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$70

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300 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	1.4 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.4 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	82 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300 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	FCBGA1168	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300. 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	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
AMT	9.5	no data
Matrix Storage	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 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	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300 integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	10	no data
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Integrated IDE	-	no data
Number of USB ports	4	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no 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.

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.

Celeron 2957U 0.56
+7.7%

Celeron E3300 0.52

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 2957U 855
+7.5%

Celeron E3300 795

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.56	0.52
Recency	1 January 2014	30 August 2009
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Celeron 2957U has a 7.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300.

Be aware that Celeron 2957U is a notebook processor while Celeron E3300 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 2957U and Celeron E3300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.