AMD A4-1250 vs Intel Celeron N2930

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A4-1250 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N2930
AMD A4-1250 Intel Celeron N2930

CPU comparison

AMD A4-1250 or Intel Celeron N2930 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A4-1250 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A4-1250 was released in Q2/2013.

The Intel Celeron N2930 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.16 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N2930 was released in Q1/2014.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD A4-1000 (3) CPU group Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17)
7 Generation 6
Temash (Jaguar) Architecture Bay Trail
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A4-1250 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A4-1250 is 1.00 GHz while the Intel Celeron N2930 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N2930 is at 1.83 GHz (2.16 GHz).

AMD A4-1250 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2930
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.00 GHz Frequency 1.83 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.16 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.16 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A4-1250 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2930
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A4-1250 or Intel Celeron N2930 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon HD 8210 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.31 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
5 GPU Generation 7
28 nm Technology 22 nm
2 Max. displays 2
2 Compute units 4
128 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11.1 DirectX Version 11.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8210 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A4-1250 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Celeron N2930 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

AMD A4-1250 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2930
DDR3L-1333 Memory DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
1.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 4
-- PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A4-1250 is 8 W, while the Intel Celeron N2930 has a TDP of 7.5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A4-1250 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2930
8 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD A4-1250 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron N2930 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD A4-1250 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2930
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FT3 Socket BGA 1170
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q1/2014
-- Release price 41 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
AMD Radeon HD 8210 @ 0.30 GHz
77 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55 (71%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
561 (56%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
1000 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
216 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
719 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
170 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
502 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
69 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
254 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
30 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A4-1250 AMD A4-1250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 Intel Celeron N2930
4C 4T @ 2.16 GHz
113 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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