Intel Core i5-2450M vs Intel Celeron 2955U

Intel Core i5-2450M
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2012
Intel Core i5-2450M
Intel Celeron 2955U
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
1400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Celeron 2955U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    257%
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    180%
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    298%
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2450M

Much higher single threaded performance (around 80% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 198% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 157% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron 2955U

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Intel Core i5-2450M

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2450M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-2450M

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2450M

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-2450MIntel Celeron 2955U
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Hyper-threading
Turbo Boost
AES-NI
Smart Cache.
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache

Architecture

Intel Core i5-2450MIntel Celeron 2955U
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateJan 2012vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Core i5-2450MIntel Celeron 2955U
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 3000vsIntel HD

Cache

Intel Core i5-2450MIntel Celeron 2955U
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-2450MIntel Celeron 2955U
SocketIntel Socket G2 (988B)vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Tempunknownvs105°C
PackagerPGAvsFC-PGA12F
Die Size149mm²vs118mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-2450MIntel Celeron 2955U
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs1400 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2500 points
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1568 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    5000 points
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    3136 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    4542
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    2110

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2497
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1398

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    5139
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    2455

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2179
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1238

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    3441.5
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1520

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    3918.5
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    2069

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    8542
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    4000

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    1.2
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.61

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2.76
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1.14

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    13.01
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    27

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    19.04
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    53.18

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2848.5
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1054

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    78.63
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    40.7

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    14.61
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    7.52

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    1.4
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.13

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    0.23
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.09

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    0.13
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.06

GB/s