Pentium E5500 vs Celeron N2940

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2621	2625
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.06
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	22 May 2014 (10 years ago)	18 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$109
Current price	$377	$13.96 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.83 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.25 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	56K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500 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	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
Smart Connect	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2940 and Pentium E5500.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	no data
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	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.

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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.

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 May 2014	18 April 2010
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	65 Watt

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