Intel Celeron 2981U vs Intel Pentium 2030M

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron 2981U and Intel Pentium 2030M 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 2981U

Intel Pentium 2030M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2981U

CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90 °C
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	1 January 2014 vs 25 January 2013
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 90 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 2030M

Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
2x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 16 GB
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1247 vs 899
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1441 vs 1036

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1247 vs 899
PassMark - CPU mark	1441 vs 1036

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron 2981U
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 2030M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

899

1247

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1036

1441

Name	Intel Celeron 2981U	Intel Pentium 2030M
PassMark - Single thread mark	899	1247
PassMark - CPU mark	1036	1441
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		486
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		912

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron 2981U	Intel Pentium 2030M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Ivy Bridge
Launch date	1 January 2014	25 January 2013
Place in performance rating	2415	2418
Processor Number	2981U	2030M
Series	Intel® Celeron® Processor 2000 Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor 2000 Series
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$134
Price now		$134
Value for money (0-100)		5.31
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	2.50 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2	5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	90 °C
Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz	2.5 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Die size		118 mm
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600	DDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	200 MHz	650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.00 GHz	1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	1.1 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	3
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)
Sockets supported	BGA	FCPGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated IDE
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2
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	2
UART
USB revision	3.0
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
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® 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)