AMD A6-6310 vs Intel Celeron 2955U

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AMD A6-6310 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 2955U
AMD A6-6310 Intel Celeron 2955U

CPU comparison

AMD A6-6310 or Intel Celeron 2955U - 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 A6-6310 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A6-6310 was released in Q2/2014.

The Intel Celeron 2955U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2955U was released in Q3/2013.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD A6-6000 (3) CPU group Intel Celeron 2000 (7)
3 Generation 4
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
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-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A6-6310 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (2.40 GHz). The Intel Celeron 2955U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz.
AMD A6-6310 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 1.40 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 A6-6310 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon R4 (Beema) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
6 GPU Generation 7.5
28 nm Technology 22 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 10
128 Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.1

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 R4 (Beema) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell 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 A6-6310 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2955U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD A6-6310 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
DDR3L-1866 Memory LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 10
-- PCIe Bandwidth 5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A6-6310 has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Celeron 2955U is 15 W.
AMD A6-6310 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD A6-6310 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 2955U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
AMD A6-6310 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
32 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
AM1 Socket BGA 1168
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2014 Release date Q3/2013
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A6-6310 (81%)
Intel Celeron 2955U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD A6-6310 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U (63%)

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 A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
241 (76%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
317 (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 A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
724 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
632 (87%)

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 A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
AMD Radeon R4 (Beema) @ 0.80 GHz
205 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
160 (78%)

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 A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2433 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
866 (36%)

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 A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
48 (86%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
56 (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 A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
162 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
106 (65%)

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 A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
284 (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 A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
515 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A6-6310 AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
448 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
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