Intel Celeron 2980U vs AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Last updated: 2024-04-15

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Celeron 2980U		AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
CPU comparison Intel Celeron 2980U or AMD Ryzen 3 2300U - 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 Intel Celeron 2980U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2980U was released in Q3/2013. The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U was released in Q1/2018.

Intel Celeron (165)	Family	AMD Ryzen 3 (33)
Intel Celeron 2000 (7)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 2000U (7)
4	Generation	1
Haswell U	Architecture	Raven Ridge (Zen)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 3 3300U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Celeron 2980U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 2980U is 1.40 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 3 2300U has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 3 2300U is at 2.00 GHz (3.40 GHz).
Intel Celeron 2980U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.40 GHz	Frequency	2.00 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.40 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.00 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.
Intel Celeron 2980U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Celeron 2980U or AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 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.
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge)
0.20 GHz	GPU frequency	1.10 GHz
1.00 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
7.5	GPU Generation	8
22 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
10	Compute units	6
80	Shader	384
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
11.1	DirectX Version	12

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.
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Celeron 2980U can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
Intel Celeron 2980U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600	Memory	DDR4-2400
16 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	12
6.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron 2980U is 15 W, while the AMD Ryzen 3 2300U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Celeron 2980U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	25 W
--	TDP down	12 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Intel Celeron 2980U is manufactured in 22 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.
Intel Celeron 2980U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
22 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1168	Socket	FP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2013	Release date	Q1/2018
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron 2980U (48%)

AMD Ryzen 3 2300U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron 2980U (25%)

AMD Ryzen 3 2300U (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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	354 (49%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	727 (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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	694 (30%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2276 (100%)

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 Celeron 2980U Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz	160 (19%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	845 (100%)

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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	1024 (19%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	5520 (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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	63 (47%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	134 (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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	124 (26%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	480 (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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	912 (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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2589 (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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	328 (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.


	Intel Celeron 2980U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1008 (100%)

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