AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Celeron N2940

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AMD Athlon 300U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N2940
AMD Athlon 300U Intel Celeron N2940

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon 300U and the Intel Celeron N2940 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Athlon 300U 2 core processor released in Q1/2019 with the Intel Celeron N2940 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2014.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Athlon 300 (1) CPU group Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17)
6 Generation 6
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Bay Trail
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon 300U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Celeron N2940 clocks with 1.83 GHz (2.25 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

AMD Athlon 300U Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 1.83 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.25 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.25 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon 300U Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
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Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
1.00 GHz GPU frequency 0.31 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
8 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 2
3 Compute units 4
192 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 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 RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 32 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon 300U, while the Intel Celeron N2940 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s enabled.

AMD Athlon 300U Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR3-1333
32 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
12 PCIe lanes 4
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Athlon 300U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP of the Intel Celeron N2940 is 7.5 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Athlon 300U Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.5 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon 300U has 4.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 12 nm. The cache of Intel Celeron N2940 is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm.

AMD Athlon 300U Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
12 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FP5 Socket BGA 1170
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2014
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 300U (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 (24%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 300U (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 (34%)

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 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
803 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
218 (27%)

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 Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1723 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
730 (42%)

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 Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
962 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
177 (18%)

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 Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1967 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
526 (27%)

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 Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55 (14%)

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 Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3917 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
1035 (26%)

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 Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
138 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
38 (28%)

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 Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
344 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
140 (41%)

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