Celeron 2957U vs Core 2 Duo SP9400

Core 2 Duo T6600 Core 2 Duo T9300 Pentium Dual Core T4200 Pentium Dual Core T4300 Pentium Dual Core T4400 Pentium Dual Core T4500
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Core i3-4005U Core i3-4030U Core i5-4200M Core i5-4200U Core i5-4210U Core i7-4510U Core i7-4700MQ

Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo SP9400
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.54
Celeron 2957U
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.54

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Core 2 Duo SP9400 Core 2 Duo SP9400
Celeron 2957U Celeron 2957U

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28502855
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Celeron
Power efficiency2.053.41
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date20 August 2008 (16 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$284$107

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache6 MB512 KB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U 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 configurationno data1
SocketBGA956FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
FSB parity-no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data-
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data10
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Core 2 Duo SP9400 0.54
Celeron 2957U 0.54

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.

Core 2 Duo SP9400 863
+0.9%
Celeron 2957U 855

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.

Core 2 Duo SP9400 2083
+0.3%
Celeron 2957U 2077

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo SP9400 3950
Celeron 2957U 4043
+2.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Recency 20 August 2008 1 January 2014
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron 2957U has an age advantage of 5 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 2957U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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