Atom D2700 vs Celeron 2961Y
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Cedarview (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 1 December 2013 (10 years ago) | 1 November 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $107 | $52 |
Detailed specifications
Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.1 GHz | 2.13 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.1 GHz | 0.13 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700 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 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 11.5 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Smart Response | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | + | no data |
| FDI | - | no data |
| AMT | 9.5 | - |
| Matrix Storage | - | no data |
| HD Audio | + | + |
| RST | + | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700 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 2961Y and Atom D2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 6.4 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 850 MHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 2 |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 4 |
| PCI support | - | no data |
| USB revision | 3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 4 | 2 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 4 | no data |
| Integrated IDE | - | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 4 | 8 |
| 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 December 2013 | 1 November 2011 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 11 Watt | 10 Watt |
Celeron 2961Y has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.
Atom D2700, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and 10% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Celeron 2961Y and Atom D2700. We've got no test results to judge.
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