Intel Celeron 2955U vs AMD A6-5200. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Celeron 2000 AMD A6-5000
• Family
  Intel Celeron AMD A
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 11.1
• Execution units
  10 2
• Generation
  7.5 5
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 600 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) AMD Radeon HD 8400
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q2/2013
• Shader
  80 128
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A6-5200 and Intel Celeron 2955U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  10 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron 2955U and AMD A6-5200 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron 2955U and AMD A6-5200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell U Kabini (Jaguar)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q3/2013
• Socket
  BGA 1168 -
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V