Celeron G5905 vs 2957U

Place in the ranking	2850	2032
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	3.39	2.84
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	no data
Release date	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)	1 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905 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)	no data
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.4 GHz	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	8 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	4 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905 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	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	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 G5905 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	-	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	16 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors	Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory	no data	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	1.05 GHz
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	10	16
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 0.54

Celeron G5905 1.75
+224%

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

Celeron G5905 2785
+226%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.54	1.75
Integrated graphics card	0.77	1.89
Recency	1 January 2014	1 July 2020
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	58 Watt

Celeron 2957U has 286.7% lower power consumption.

Celeron G5905, on the other hand, has a 224.1% higher aggregate performance score, 145.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron G5905 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 2957U in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron 2957U is a notebook processor while Celeron G5905 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 2957U and Celeron G5905, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.