Celeron 1017U vs Pentium J2900

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2614	2498
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	7.48	5.29
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date	1 November 2013 (11 years ago)	1 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$94	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U 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	2.41 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	224 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	2 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	94 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U 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	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U. 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)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	-	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	1 GHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron 1017U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	16
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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.79	0.95
Recency	1 November 2013	1 July 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	17 Watt

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