Microsoft SQ1 vs Celeron B710

Place in the ranking	3400	1491
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Qualcomm Snapdragon
Power efficiency	0.19	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) (2019)
Release date	19 June 2011 (13 years ago)	2 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$70	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1 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	1 (Single-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	1	8
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	16	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	1.5 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Die size	131 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1 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
Socket	PGA988,PPGA988	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	Qualcomm Adreno 685
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
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 B710 0.07

Microsoft SQ1 3.70
+5186%

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 B710 106

Microsoft SQ1 5875
+5442%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron B710 2051
+282%

Microsoft SQ1 537

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron B710 88.4

Microsoft SQ1 14.2
+523%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.07	3.70
Recency	19 June 2011	2 October 2019
Physical cores	1	8
Threads	1	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm

Microsoft SQ1 has a 5185.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Microsoft SQ1 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron B710 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron B710 and Microsoft SQ1, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.