Celeron 2957U vs Pentium E5300
Aggregate performance score
Pentium E5300 outperforms Celeron 2957U by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3064 | 3108 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.04 | 0.03 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 0.34 | 1.38 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Wolfdale (2008−2010) | Haswell (2013−2015) |
| Release date | November 2008 (16 years ago) | 1 January 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $64 | $107 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Pentium E5300 has 6700% better value for money than Celeron 2957U.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium E5300 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 82 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 74 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 228 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.3625V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium E5300 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | LGA775 | FCBGA1168 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron 2957U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Smart Connect | no data | + |
| FDI | no data | - |
| AMT | no data | 9.5 |
| Matrix Storage | no data | - |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| HD Audio | no data | + |
| RST | no data | + |
Security technologies
Pentium E5300 and Celeron 2957U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | no data | - |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron 2957U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron 2957U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E5300 and Celeron 2957U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5300 and Celeron 2957U.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 10 |
| PCI support | no data | - |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Integrated IDE | no data | - |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 4 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | - |
| UART | no data | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.53 | 0.49 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Pentium E5300 has a 8.2% higher aggregate performance score.
Celeron 2957U, on the other hand, has a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Pentium E5300 and Intel Celeron 2957U.
Note that Pentium E5300 is a desktop processor while Celeron 2957U is a notebook one.
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