Pentium 8500 vs Celeron N2940
Primary details
Comparing Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2699 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Alder Lake-M |
Architecture codename | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) | Alder Lake-U (2022) |
Release date | 22 May 2014 (10 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 5 (Penta-Core) |
Threads | 4 | 6 |
Base clock speed | 1.83 GHz | 1 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 2.25 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
L1 cache | 224 KB | 464 KB |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 3.5 MB |
L3 cache | 0 KB | 8 MB |
Chip lithography | 22 nm | Intel 7 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500 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 |
Socket | FCBGA1170 | BGA1744 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 7.5 Watt | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
AES-NI | - | + |
AVX | - | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
Speed Shift | no data | + |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
TSX | - | + |
Idle States | + | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
Flex Memory Access | no data | - |
Smart Connect | + | no data |
Status | Discontinued | Launched |
Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | no data | + |
EDB | + | no data |
Secure Key | + | + |
OS Guard | no data | + |
Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.
VT-d | - | + |
VT-x | + | + |
EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4, DDR5 |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 64 GB |
Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.32 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series | Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors |
Quick Sync Video | + | + |
Graphics max frequency | 854 MHz | 800 MHz |
Execution Units | no data | 48 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.
Number of displays supported | 2 | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz |
Max resolution over eDP | no data | 4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz |
Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX | no data | 12.1 |
OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 4 | 14 |
USB revision | 3.0 and 2.0 | no data |
Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
Number of USB ports | 5 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 22 May 2014 | 4 January 2022 |
Physical cores | 4 | 5 |
Threads | 4 | 6 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 9 Watt |
Celeron N2940 has 28.6% lower power consumption.
Pentium 8500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 25% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N2940 and Pentium 8500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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