Braswell vs Celeron 887E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 887E and Braswell processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Airmont (2015−2016)
Release date	no data	no data
Current price	no data	$217

Detailed specifications

Celeron 887E and Braswell 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	no data
Bus support	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	504 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 887E and Braswell 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 887E and Braswell. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 887E and Braswell are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 887E and Braswell. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333	no data
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

32 nm

14 nm

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