Celeron N2840 vs PRO A12-8870

Primary details

Comparing PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1752not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency3.55no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release dateOctober 2016 (8 years ago)22 May 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.16 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz2.58 GHz
L1 cacheno data56K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm22 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Smart Connectno data+

Security technologies

PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.32 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
iGPU core count8no data
Quick Sync Video-+
Enduron/a-
Switchable graphics+-
Graphics max frequencyno data792 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
DisplayPortn/a-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5

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.

PRO A12-8870 3869
+559%
Celeron N2840 587

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 7 Watt

PRO A12-8870 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron N2840, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process, and 828.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between PRO A12-8870 and Celeron N2840. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that PRO A12-8870 is a desktop processor while Celeron N2840 is a notebook one.


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