Intel Celeron 2957U vs Intel Core i7-2670QM. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Celeron 2000 Intel Core i 2000M
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Core i7
• Generation
  4 2
• 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 2.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.1 GHz
• 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 10.1
• Execution units
  10 12
• Generation
  7.5 6
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q1/2011
• Shader
  80 96
• Technology
  22 nm 32 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 No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-2670QM and Intel Celeron 2957U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  10 16
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron 2957U and Intel Core i7-2670QM Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron 2957U and Intel Core i7-2670QM, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell U Sandy Bridge H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q4/2011
• Socket
  BGA 1168 PGA 988
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT