Intel Celeron 2980U: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Intel started Celeron 2980U sales 1 September 2013. This is a Haswell architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1168 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 0.69% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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General info

Celeron 2980U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking2574
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)
Release date1 September 2013 (10 years old)
Current price$284 of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed1.6 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed1.6 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache256K (per core)of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography22 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size118 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors1,400 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2980U compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2980U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
TSX-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
SIPP-
Smart Response-
GPIO+
Smart Connect+
FDI-
AMT9.5
Matrix Storage-
StatusDiscontinued
HD Audio+
RST+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Celeron 2980U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Maximum memory size16 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Celeron 2980U.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-
Clear Video+
Graphics max frequency1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2980U's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported3
eDP+
DisplayPort+
HDMI+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes12of 128 (EPYC 7551P)
PCI support-
USB revision3.0
Total number of SATA ports4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2
Integrated IDE-
Number of USB ports4
Integrated LAN-
UART+

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Celeron 2980U. Overall benchmark performance 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 2980U 0.69

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%

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Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall Celeron 2980U performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Celeron 2980U is A6-9220C, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Celeron 2980U:

AMD E2-9010 102.9
Intel Celeron 2980U 100
AMD A6-1450 98.55

Similar processors

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Recommended GPUs

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