A8 Pro-7150B vs Celeron 2970M

Place in the ranking	2502	2487
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	AMD Kaveri
Power efficiency	2.40	4.78
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	14 April 2014 (10 years ago)	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	4096 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Die size	130 mm²	245 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	960 Million	2410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B 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	FP3
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
FRTC	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
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	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	6
Number of pipelines	no data	384
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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 2970M 0.94

A8 Pro-7150B 0.96
+2.1%

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 2970M 1501

A8 Pro-7150B 1528
+1.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.94	0.96
Recency	14 April 2014	4 June 2014
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	19 Watt

Celeron 2970M has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

A8 Pro-7150B, on the other hand, has a 2.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 94.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 2970M and A8 Pro-7150B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.