Intel Celeron 2970M Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Celeron 2970M has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Celeron series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q2/2014. The Intel Celeron 2970M scores 502 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 974 points.
Intel Celeron 2970M

CPU lineage

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Name: Intel Celeron 2970M
Family: Intel Celeron (165)
CPU group: Intel Celeron 2000 (7)
Architecture: Haswell U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron 2970M has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 2970M is 2.20 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 2
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron 2970M has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Celeron 2970M uses the Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1), which has 80 texture shaders and 10 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 10
Shader: 80
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q4/2012
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7.5
Direct X: 11.1
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3L-1600
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 37 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 37 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron 2970M is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1168
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 2.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q2/2014
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Celeron 2970M have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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 Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
503
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
6C 6T @ 1.90 GHz
503
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
503
Intel Celeron 2970M Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
502
Intel Pentium 2030M Intel Pentium 2030M
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
502
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz
502
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz
502

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.
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
976
AMD Athlon II X2 280 AMD Athlon II X2 280
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
975
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
975
Intel Celeron 2970M Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
974
AMD 3015e AMD 3015e
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
974
Intel Core i5-4220Y Intel Core i5-4220Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
972
Intel Atom C2550 Intel Atom C2550
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
971

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.
Intel Pentium G4400T Intel Pentium G4400T
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.95 GHz
182
Intel Pentium N3700 Intel Pentium N3700
Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU) @ 0.70 GHz
179
Intel Pentium N3710 Intel Pentium N3710
Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU) @ 0.70 GHz
179
Intel Celeron 2970M Intel Celeron 2970M
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176
Intel Pentium 3560M Intel Pentium 3560M
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176

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.
MediaTek Helio X25 MediaTek Helio X25
10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz
1507
AMD Athlon II X2 370K AMD Athlon II X2 370K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
1505
Intel Core i3-2120T Intel Core i3-2120T
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1502
Intel Celeron 2970M Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1496
Intel Core i5-4300Y Intel Core i5-4300Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1496
Intel Core i3-2100T Intel Core i3-2100T
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1492
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
1488

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 A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
90
AMD Athlon II X2 370K AMD Athlon II X2 370K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz
90
Intel Pentium Gold 4417U Intel Pentium Gold 4417U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
90
Intel Celeron 2970M Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
89
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
89
AMD Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
89
AMD Phenom II X4 960T AMD Phenom II X4 960T
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
89

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.
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
176
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
175
Intel Celeron G1610 Intel Celeron G1610
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
174
Intel Celeron 2970M Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
173
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 AMD Phenom II X2 B59
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
172
AMD Phenom II X2 565 AMD Phenom II X2 565
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
172
AMD Phenom II X2 511 AMD Phenom II X2 511
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
172

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