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Intel Celeron 2950M vs Intel Celeron 2981U vs Intel Celeron 2955U

Intel Celeron 2950M

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The Intel Celeron 2950M is an entry-level dual-core processor clocked at 2.0 GHz and was launched in Fall 2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Compared to the Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, many features like Turbo Boost, Hyper-Threading, AVX and AES-NI are disabled.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

The performance of the Celeron 2950M is slightly below the old and somewhat higher clocked Ivy Bridge-based Pentium 2020M. The CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as most other applications.

The integrated HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 400 - 1100 MHz, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). However, the HD Graphics (Haswell) is significantly slower than the HD Graphics 4600 found on a number of other Haswell dual-cores.

The Celeron 2950M is rated at a TDP of 37 W including the graphics card, memory controller and the VRMs. Therefore, the CPU is suited for medium-sized notebooks 13 - 14 inches or greater.

Intel Celeron 2981U

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The Intel Celeron 2981U is an entry level, ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz which has been presented in Q1 2014. It is based on the Haswell architecture and manufactured in 22nm. Compared to the Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, many features like Turbo Boost, Hyper-Threading, AVX and AES-NI are deactivated. In contrast to the very similar Celeron 2980U, the 2981U supports Wireless Display (WiDi) as well as Quick Sync.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

The performance of the Celeron 2981U is similar to the old and slightly higher clocked Celeron 1037U, which is based on Ivy Bridge. The CPU has sufficient power for most office and multimedia purposes.

The integrated HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1000 MHz (with Turbo Boost), making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). However, the HD Graphics (Haswell) is significantly slower than the HD Graphics 4400 and HD Graphics 5000 of other Haswell ULV models.

The Celeron 2981U is rated at a TDP of 15 W including graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset.  Therefore, the CPU is suited for small ultrabooks 11-inches or greater.

Intel Celeron 2955U

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The Intel Celeron 2955U is an entry level, ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor clocked at 1.4 GHz which has been presented in fall 2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and manufactured in 22nm. Compared to the Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, many features like Turbo Boost, Hyper-Threading, AVX and AES-NI are deactivated.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

The performance of the Celeron 2955U is similar to the old and slightly higher clocked Celeron 1007U, which is based on Ivy Bridge. The CPU has sufficient power for simple office and multimedia purposes.

The integrated HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1000 MHz (clocks not confirmed yet), making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). However, the HD Graphics (Haswell) is significantly slower than the HD Graphics 4400 and HD Graphics 5000 of other Haswell ULV models.

The Celeron 2955U is rated at a TDP of 15 W including graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset.  Therefore, the CPU is suited for small ultrabooks 11-inches or greater.

ModelIntel Celeron 2950MIntel Celeron 2981UIntel Celeron 2955U
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel CeleronIntel Celeron
CodenameHaswellHaswellHaswell
Series: Celeron Haswell
Intel Celeron 2970M2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2950M « 2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2981U1.6 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2980U1.6 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2957U1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2955U1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2961Y1.1 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2970M2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2950M2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2981U « 1.6 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2980U1.6 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2957U1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2955U1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2961Y1.1 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2970M2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2950M2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2981U1.6 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2980U1.6 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2957U1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2955U « 1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2961Y1.1 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock2000 MHz1600 MHz1400 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB512 KB
L3 Cache2 MB2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22 / 2
TDP37 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors960 Million
Technology22 nm22 nm22 nm
Die Size130 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketrPGABGABGA1168
FeaturesHD Graphics (400 - 1100 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, VirtualizationHD Graphics (200 - 1000 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, Virtualization, Wireless Display, Quick SyncHD Graphics (200 - 1000 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, Virtualization
iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Haswell) (400 - 1100 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (200 - 1000 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (200 - 1000 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$75 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 2955U +
1.1 Points (1%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 2955U +
0.6 Points (15%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 2955U +
2069 Points (13%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 2955U +
4000 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 2955U +
5117 Points (4%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 2955U +
2666 Points (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 2955U +
1693 s (20%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 2955U +
53.2 s (11%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 2955U +
1054 Points (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 2955U +
7.5 fps (3%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 2955U +
40.7 fps (9%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 2955U +
0.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 2955U +
0.1 GB/s (2%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 2955U +
0.1 GB/s (0%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 2955U +
1520 Points (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 2955U +
27 s (6%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 2955U +
58.9 s (3%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 2955U +
1322 s (6%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 2955U +
23260 MIPS (11%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 2955U +
10310 MFLOPS (8%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 2955U +
5.5 Points (71%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 2955U +
3854 Points (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 2955U +
1604 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 2955U +
10956 Points (9%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 2955U +
1002 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 2955U +
1343 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 2955U +
2220 Points (4%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 2955U +
1277 Points (25%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 2955U +
4412 Points (36%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 2955U +
3615 Points (33%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 2955U +
2343 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 2955U +
2104 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 2955U +
2720 Points (7%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 2955U +
2564 ms (3%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 2955U +
min: 345.1     avg: 382.6     median: 347.4 (4%)     max: 455.3 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 2955U +
min: 8758     avg: 10383     median: 10383 (9%)     max: 12008 Points

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