Intel Celeron 2961Y vs Intel Celeron B840

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron 2961Y and Intel Celeron B840 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Celeron 2961Y

Intel Celeron B840

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2961Y

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 11.5 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	1 December 2013 vs 15 March 2011
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11.5 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron B840

Around 73% higher clock speed: 1.9 GHz vs 1.1 GHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 882 vs 634
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 967 vs 684

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.9 GHz vs 1.1 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	882 vs 634
PassMark - CPU mark	967 vs 684

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron 2961Y
CPU 2: Intel Celeron B840

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

634

882

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

684

967

Name	Intel Celeron 2961Y	Intel Celeron B840
PassMark - Single thread mark	634	882
PassMark - CPU mark	684	967
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		345
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		619

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron 2961Y	Intel Celeron B840
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Sandy Bridge
Launch date	1 December 2013	15 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$86
Place in performance rating	2785	2788
Processor Number	2961Y	B840
Series	Intel® Celeron® Processor 2000 Series	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.10 GHz	1.90 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2	5 GT/s DMI
Die size	118 mm	131 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C
Maximum core temperature	100°C	100C
Maximum frequency	1.1 GHz	1.9 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	1400 million	504 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600	DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	200 MHz	650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	850 MHz	1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3	2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
CRT
SDVO
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	40mm x 24mm x 1.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm (rPGA988B)
Scenario Design Power (SDP)	6 W
Sockets supported	BGA	FCPGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11.5 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated IDE
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	4
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	2.0	2.0
PCI support
PCIe configurations	4x1, 2x4	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Total number of SATA ports	4
UART
USB revision	3.0
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Active Management technology (AMT)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® ME Firmware Version	9.5
Intel® Rapid Storage technology (RST)
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Matrix Storage
Smart Connect
Thermal Monitoring
4G WiMAX Wireless
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® My WiFi technology
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)