Ryzen 7 3700U vs Celeron 2981U

Place in the ranking	2765	1325
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	AMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency	4.10	28.39
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	1 January 2014 (11 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U 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	8
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	128 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	12 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1168	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
AMT	9.5	no data
Matrix Storage	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	16 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz)
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	12
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 2981U 0.65

Ryzen 7 3700U 4.50
+592%

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 2981U 1036

Ryzen 7 3700U 7145
+590%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.65	4.50
Integrated graphics card	0.77	4.24
Recency	1 January 2014	6 January 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	22 nm	12 nm

Ryzen 7 3700U has a 592.3% higher aggregate performance score, 450.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 83.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 3700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 2981U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 2981U and Ryzen 7 3700U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.