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Intel Celeron 2961Y vs Intel Celeron 2980U vs Intel Celeron 2970M

Intel Celeron 2961Y

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The Intel Celeron 2961Y is an entry-level, ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for subnotebooks and tablets launched in Q4 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, AES-NI and AVX are disabled. In contrast to many other Celeron and Pentium CPUs, the 2961Y 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 2961Y should be 5 - 10 percent higher compared to the Ivy Bridge-based Pentium 2129Y. The CPU has sufficient power for most office and multimedia purposes, but will struggle in more demanding applications.

The integrated HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 850 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) at similar clock speeds. However, the HD Graphics (Haswell) is significantly slower than the HD Graphics 4400 and HD Graphics 5000 found on a number of other Haswell ULV models. Only some older and less demanding games can be played fluently.

The Celeron 2961Y is rated at a TDP of 11.5 W (SDP 6 W) including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for small subnotebooks or tablets.

Intel Celeron 2980U

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The Intel Celeron 2980U is an entry level, ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor clocked at 1.6 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 2980U 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 2980U 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 2970M

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The Intel Celeron 2970M is an entry-level dual-core processor clocked at 2.2 GHz that has been launched in Q2/2014. 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 2970M is similar to 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 2970M 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.

ModelIntel Celeron 2961YIntel Celeron 2980UIntel Celeron 2970M
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel CeleronIntel Celeron
CodenameHaswellHaswellHaswell
Series: Celeron Haswell
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 2955U1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2961Y « 1.1 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 2980U « 1.6 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 2970M « 2.2 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 2955U1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 2961Y1.1 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock1100 MHz1600 MHz2200 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB512 KB
L3 Cache2 MB2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22 / 2
TDP11.5 Watt15 Watt37 Watt
Technology22 nm22 nm22 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGArPGA
FeaturesHD Graphics (200 - 850 MHz), SSE 4.1/4.2, DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, Virtualization, Wireless Display, Quick SyncHD Graphics (200 - 1000 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, VirtualizationHD Graphics (400 - 1100 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, Virtualization
iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Haswell) (200 - 850 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (200 - 1000 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (400 - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$107 U.S.$75 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
Transistors960 Million
Die Size130 mm2

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 2970M +
164 Points (1%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 2970M +
85 Points (26%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 2970M +
1.9 Points (2%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 2970M +
1 Points (24%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 2970M +
3222 Points (19%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 2970M +
6248 Points (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 2970M +
1062 s (13%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 2970M +
33.5 s (7%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 2970M +
1410 Points (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 2970M +
11.7 fps (4%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 2970M +
62.5 fps (14%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 2970M +
0.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 2970M +
0.1 GB/s (2%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 2970M +
0.2 GB/s (1%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
100%
1 2970M +
3401 Seconds (24%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 2970M +
2489 Points (5%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 2970M +
17.5 s (4%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 2970M +
38.6 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 2970M +
846 s (4%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 2970M +
min: 2256     avg: 2273     median: 2272.5 (6%)     max: 2289 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 2970M +
min: 17401     avg: 17747     median: 17747 (15%)     max: 18093 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 2970M +
min: 1514     avg: 1523     median: 1522.5 (4%)     max: 1531 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 2970M +
min: 2080     avg: 2125     median: 2124.5 (4%)     max: 2169 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
100%
1 2970M +
900 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 2970M +
2515 Points (25%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 2970M +
4235 Points (5%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 2970M +
2343 Points (32%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 2970M +
3909 Points (10%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 2970M +
3783 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 2970M +
2127 Points (32%)

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