Atom x5-E3940 vs Celeron B730
Primary details
Comparing Celeron B730 and Atom x5-E3940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | 2213 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | Intel Celeron | 5x Intel Atom |
Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Apollo Lake (2016) |
Release date | 1 July 2012 (12 years ago) | 30 August 2014 (9 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $70 | no data |
Current price | $14.38 (0.2x MSRP) | $546 |
Detailed specifications
Celeron B730 and Atom x5-E3940 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
Threads | 2 | 4 |
Base clock speed | no data | 1.6 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 56K (per core) |
L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB (shared) |
L3 cache | 1.5 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 103 °C |
Number of transistors | 504 million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron B730 and Atom x5-E3940 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) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
Socket | G2 (988B) | Intel BGA 1296 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B730 and Atom x5-E3940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
AES-NI | no data | + |
FMA | + | no data |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Idle States | + | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron B730 and Atom x5-E3940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | no data | + |
EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B730 and Atom x5-E3940 are enumerated here.
VT-d | no data | + |
VT-x | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B730 and Atom x5-E3940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3-1866 |
Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
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 Compare | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) | Intel HD Graphics 500 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B730 and Atom x5-E3940.
PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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%
Atom x5-E3940 outperforms Celeron B730 by 232% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 1 July 2012 | 30 August 2014 |
Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
Threads | 2 | 4 |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 10 Watt |
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