AMD E2-3000 vs Intel Celeron N2940

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AMD E2-3000 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N2940
AMD E2-3000 Intel Celeron N2940

CPU comparison

AMD E2-3000 or Intel Celeron N2940 - 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 E2-3000 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.65 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD E2-3000 was released in Q3/2013.

The Intel Celeron N2940 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.25 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N2940 was released in Q2/2014.
AMD E (23) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD E2-3000 (4) CPU group Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17)
3 Generation 6
Llano (K10) Architecture Bay Trail
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD E2-3000 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.65 GHz. The Intel Celeron N2940 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.83 GHz (2.25 GHz).

AMD E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.65 GHz Frequency 1.83 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.25 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.25 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 E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
-- 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 HD 8280 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
0.45 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 8280 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 E2-3000 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N2940 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 8 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 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 TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD E2-3000 has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Celeron N2940 is 7.5 W.

AMD E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD E2-3000 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron N2940 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD E2-3000 Characteristic Intel Celeron N2940
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1170
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2013 Release date Q2/2014
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
AMD E2-3000 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2940 (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD E2-3000 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 (88%)

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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
AMD Radeon HD 8280 @ 0.45 GHz
115 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55 (48%)

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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
1177 (100%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
1035 (88%)

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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
218 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
730 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
177 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
526 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
38 (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 E2-3000 AMD E2-3000
2C 2T @ 1.65 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
140 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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