Intel Celeron 2970M vs Intel Celeron 2980U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Celeron 2000 Intel Celeron 2000
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Celeron
• 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
  2.2 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 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 10
• Generation
  7.5 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q4/2012
• Shader
  80 80
• Technology
  22 nm 22 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 / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron 2980U and Intel Celeron 2970M. 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
  16 12
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron 2970M and Intel Celeron 2980U 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)
  37 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron 2970M and Intel Celeron 2980U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell U Haswell U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2013
• Socket
  BGA 1168 BGA 1168
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d