Celeron N3050 vs 2957U

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2722not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Celeron
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date1 January 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$107
Current price$219 (2x MSRP)$247 (2.3x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz2.16 GHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache2 MB0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP--
Smart Response--
GPIO++
Smart Connect+-
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audio++
RST+-

Security technologies

Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
Identity Protection-+
OS Guard--
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency1 GHz600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2957U and Celeron N3050.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes104
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.02.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports22
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports22
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports45
Integrated LAN--
UART++

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Celeron 2957U 863
+47%
Celeron N3050 587

2957U outperforms N3050 by 47% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Celeron 2957U 2077
+89%
Celeron N3050 1099

2957U outperforms N3050 by 89% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Celeron 2957U 4043
+95.9%
Celeron N3050 2064

2957U outperforms N3050 by 96% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Celeron 2957U 53.5
+3.2%
Celeron N3050 55.2

N3050 outperforms 2957U by 3% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Celeron 2957U 1
+51.9%
Celeron N3050 1

2957U outperforms N3050 by 52% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Celeron 2957U 105
+68%
Celeron N3050 63

2957U outperforms N3050 by 68% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Celeron 2957U 55
+61.8%
Celeron N3050 34

2957U outperforms N3050 by 62% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Celeron 2957U 0.62
+51.2%
Celeron N3050 0.41

2957U outperforms N3050 by 51% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Celeron 2957U 0.1
Celeron N3050 0.4
+223%

N3050 outperforms 2957U by 223% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Celeron 2957U 1058
+100%
Celeron N3050 529

2957U outperforms N3050 by 100% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Celeron 2957U 8
+59.7%
Celeron N3050 5

2957U outperforms N3050 by 60% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Celeron 2957U 41
+61.7%
Celeron N3050 26

2957U outperforms N3050 by 62% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Celeron 2957U 2208
+39.5%
Celeron N3050 1583

2957U outperforms N3050 by 39% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Celeron 2957U 1283
+48.3%
Celeron N3050 865

2957U outperforms N3050 by 48% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Celeron 2957U 2819
+28.5%
Celeron N3050 2194

2957U outperforms N3050 by 28% in Geekbench 2.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2014 1 April 2015
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

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