Intel Celeron 2981U vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Last updated: 2023-12-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Celeron 2981U		AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
CPU comparison Intel Celeron 2981U or AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - 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 2981U 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 2981U was released in Q3/2013. The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS was released in Q1/2024.

Intel Celeron (165)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
Intel Celeron 2000 (7)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 8040 (20)
4	Generation	7
Haswell U	Architecture	Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Celeron 2981U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz).
Intel Celeron 2981U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
2	Cores	8
2	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.40 GHz	Frequency	4.00 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.20 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.
Intel Celeron 2981U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
--	AI hardware	AMD Ryzen AI
--	AI specifications	AMD Ryzen™ AI

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.
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
0.20 GHz	GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
1.00 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	2.80 GHz
7.5	GPU Generation	3
22 nm	Technology	4 nm
3	Max. displays	4
10	Compute units	12
80	Shader	768
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	AMD FSR
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 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 780M
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
No	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Celeron 2981U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Celeron 2981U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
16 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	120.0 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	8.00 MB
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	4.0
12	PCIe lanes	20
6.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron 2981U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS is 45 W.
Intel Celeron 2981U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	54 W
--	TDP down	35 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Celeron 2981U has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS cache has a total of 24.00 MB.
Intel Celeron 2981U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
22 nm	Technology	4 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
BGA 1168	Socket	FP8
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2013	Release date	Q1/2024
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron 2981U (18%)

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron 2981U (5%)

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS (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 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	354 (18%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz	1974 (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 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	694 (6%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	11600 (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 2981U Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz	160 (4%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz	4357 (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 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	1024 (3%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	30995 (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 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz	2617 (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 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	12447 (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 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	63 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	124 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	Intel Celeron 2981U 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	16 (100%)

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