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Intel Celeron N2940 vs Intel Celeron N2840

Intel Celeron N2940

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The Intel Celeron N2940 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for entry-level notebooks. It is clocked at 1.83 - 2.25 GHz and part of the Bay Trail-M platform. Thanks to the specially optimized 22 nanometer low-power process (P1271) with tri-gate transistors, performance and energy efficiency have been significantly improved compared to previous Intel Atom CPUs. The N2940 supports Quick Sync as well as Wireless Display.

Architecture

The processor cores are based on the new Silvermont architecture, which is an out-of-order design for the first time. The increased utilization of the pipeline and many other improvements (optimized branch prediction, increased buffers, enhanced decoders) have increased the performance per clock by about 50 percent. At the same time, however, the Hyper-Threading feature of the previous generation has been removed. Other major changes are the support for new instruction set extensions such as SSE 4.1 and 4.2 as well as AES-NI (depending on the model).

Performance

Thanks to the improved performance per clock and the 4 cores, the Celeron N2940 is significantly faster than previous Intel Atoms, e.g. the N2800. Depending on the benchmark, the N2940 is similar to or slightly faster than the AMD Kabini APU A4-5000. For most everyday tasks such as Internet or Office the performance is adequate, but not for complex software or modern games.

Graphics

The HD Graphics (Bay Trail) is based on the Intel Gen7 architecture, which supports DirectX 11 and is also found in the Ivy Bridge series (e.g. HD Graphics 4000). With only 4 EUs (Execution Units) and a relatively low clock speed of 313 - 854 MHz, the GPU is even slower than the HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). Therefore, only older and less demanding games will run fluently.

Power Consumption

The entire SoC is rated at a TDP of 7.5 watts (4.5 W SDP - Scenario Design Power). Thus, the chip can be used in compact (and sometimes even passively cooled) subnotebooks and tablets.

Intel Celeron N2840

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The Intel Celeron N2840 is a power efficient dual-core SoC for entry-level notebooks. It is clocked at up to 2.58 GHz and part of the Bay Trail-M platform. Thanks to the specially optimized 22 nanometer low-power process (P1271) with tri-gate transistors, performance and energy efficiency have been significantly improved compared to previous Intel Atom CPUs. The N2840 supports Intel Quick Sync and Wireless Display.

Architecture

The processor cores are based on the new Silvermont architecture, which is an out-of-order design for the first time. The increased utilization of the pipeline and many other improvements (optimized branch prediction, increased buffers, enhanced decoders) have increased the performance per clock by about 50 percent. At the same time, however, the Hyper-Threading feature of the previous generation has been removed. Other major changes are the support for new instruction set extensions such as SSE 4.1 and 4.2 as well as AES-NI (depending on the model).

Performance

Thanks to the improved performance per clock, the Celeron N2840 is faster than previous Intel Atoms, e.g. the N2850. Depending on the benchmark, the N2840 competes with older dual core CPUs like the Intel Core 2 Duo series. For simple everyday tasks such as Internet or Office the performance is adequate, but not for complex software or modern games.

Graphics

The graphics unit of Bay Trail is based on the Intel Gen7 architecture, which supports DirectX 11 and is also found in the Ivy Bridge series (e.g. HD Graphics 4000). With only 4 EUs (Execution Units) and a relatively low clock speed of up to 792 MHz, the GPU is even slower than the HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). Therefore, only older and less demanding games will run fluently.

Power Consumption

The entire SoC is rated at a TDP of 7.5 watts. Thus, the chip can be used in compact subnotebooks.

ModelIntel Celeron N2940Intel Celeron N2840
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Celeron
CodenameBay Trail-MBay Trail-M
Series: Celeron Bay Trail-M
Intel Celeron N2940 « 1.83 - 2.25 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N2930 compare1.83 - 2.16 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N2920 compare1.86 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N28402.16 - 2.58 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2910 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N2830 compare2.16 - 2.41 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2820 compare2.17 - 2.39 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2815 compare1.86 - 2.13 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2810 compare2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2808 compare1.58 - 2.25 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2807 compare1.58 - 2.16 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2806 compare1.58 - 2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2805 compare1.46 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N29401.83 - 2.25 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N2930 compare1.83 - 2.16 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N2920 compare1.86 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N2840 « 2.16 - 2.58 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2910 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N2830 compare2.16 - 2.41 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2820 compare2.17 - 2.39 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2815 compare1.86 - 2.13 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2810 compare2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2808 compare1.58 - 2.25 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2807 compare1.58 - 2.16 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2806 compare1.58 - 2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N2805 compare1.46 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock1830 - 2250 MHz2160 - 2580 MHz
L1 Cache224 KB112 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
TDP7.5 Watt7.5 Watt
Technology22 nm22 nm
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1170
FeaturesHD Graphics (Bay Trail, 313 - 854 MHz), Quick Sync, Wireless Display, SpeedstepHD Graphics (Bay Trail, 313 - 792 MHz), Wireless Display, Quick Sync, Speedstep
iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) (313 - 854 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) (313 - 792 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 89     avg: 110.5     median: 110.5 (1%)     max: 132 Points
min: 69     avg: 73.7     median: 76 (0%)     max: 76 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 35     avg: 35.5     median: 35.5 (11%)     max: 36 Points
min: 37     avg: 38.7     median: 38 (11%)     max: 41 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.57     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (2%)     max: 1.62 Points
min: 0.76     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (1%)     max: 0.92 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
0.4 Points (10%)
min: 0.43     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (11%)     max: 0.45 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
1150 Points (7%)
min: 1328     avg: 1331     median: 1331 (8%)     max: 1334 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
3958 Points (3%)
2533 Points (2%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
5784 Points (4%)
min: 2585     avg: 3073     median: 3072.5 (2%)     max: 3560 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
1663 Points (2%)
min: 1471     avg: 1684     median: 1684 (2%)     max: 1897 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 N2940 +
867 s (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 N2940 +
29.2 s (6%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 N2940 +
9.4 fps (3%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 N2940 +
46.9 fps (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 N2940 +
0.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 N2940 +
0.2 GB/s (3%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 N2940 +
0.2 GB/s (1%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
2191 Points (5%)
1510 Points (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 N2940 +
27.5 s (6%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 N2940 +
61.2 s (3%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 N2940 +
1566 s (7%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
1635 Points (4%)
min: 860     avg: 1028     median: 1072.5 (3%)     max: 1107 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
17767 Points (14%)
min: 6624     avg: 6975     median: 6974.5 (6%)     max: 7325 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 N2840 +
12854 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
1257 Points (3%)
min: 644     avg: 652     median: 651.5 (2%)     max: 659 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N2840 +
1688 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N2840 +
957 Points (19%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 N2840 +
min: 3843     avg: 4870     median: 4295 (5%)     max: 7094 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 N2840 +
min: 306.9     avg: 493     median: 535 (6%)     max: 664 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 N2840 +
741 ms (7%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 N2840 +
min: 4320     avg: 6695     median: 7486 (7%)     max: 8442 Points

Average Benchmarks Intel Celeron N2940 → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks Intel Celeron N2840 → 75% n=12

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