Intel Celeron 2955U vs Intel Atom Z3740

Intel Celeron 2955U
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
1400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Celeron 2955U
Intel Atom Z3740
Intel BGA1380MOBILE
1333 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2013
Intel Atom Z3740

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    100%
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    158%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    132%
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    100%
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    190%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron 2955U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 32% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.

Reasons to consider Intel Atom Z3740

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 90% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 58% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Atom Z3740

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Atom Z3740

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Atom Z3740

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Atom Z3740

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron 2955UIntel Atom Z3740
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache
BPT

Architecture

Intel Celeron 2955UIntel Atom Z3740
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Silvermont
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameHaswellvsBay Trail-T
Release DateSep 2013vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Celeron 2955UIntel Atom Z3740
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HDvsHD Graphics

Cache

Intel Celeron 2955UIntel Atom Z3740
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Celeron 2955UIntel Atom Z3740
SocketIntel Socket G2 (988B)vsIntel BGA1380
Max Case Temp105°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-PGA12FvsFC-BGA1380
Die Size118mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron 2955UIntel Atom Z3740
Cpu Frequency1400 MHzvs1333 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs1867 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs133 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs2 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1568 points
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    1120 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    3136 points
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    3199 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    2110
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    2437

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1238
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    763

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1520
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    1838

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    2069
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    963

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    4000
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    3380

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    27
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    24.5

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    53.18
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    29

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1054
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    1569

MB/s - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.13
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    0.73

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.09
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    0.16

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.06
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    0.1

GB/s

Sunspider 1.0

  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    347.4
  • Intel Atom Z3740
    550.1

score - higher is better