Intel Celeron N2940 vs Samsung Exynos 5433

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Intel Celeron N2940 CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 5433
Intel Celeron N2940 Samsung Exynos 5433

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron N2940 or Samsung Exynos 5433 - 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 N2940 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.25 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N2940 was released in Q2/2014.

The Samsung Exynos 5433 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5433 was released in Q3/2014.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Samsung Exynos (46)
Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17) CPU group Samsung Exynos 5433 (1)
6 Generation 1
Bay Trail Architecture Cortex-A57 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron N2940 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N2940 is 1.83 GHz (2.25 GHz) while the Samsung Exynos 5433 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 5433 is at 1.90 GHz.

Intel Celeron N2940 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.83 GHz (2.25 GHz) A-Core 1.90 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
-- B-Core 1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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 N2940 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron N2940 or Samsung Exynos 5433 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 (Bay Trail GT1) GPU ARM Mali-T760 MP6
0.31 GHz GPU frequency 0.70 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.70 GHz
7 GPU Generation Midgard 3
22 nm Technology 28nm
2 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 6
32 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 DirectX Version 11

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 (Bay Trail GT1) GPU ARM Mali-T760 MP6
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron N2940 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 5433 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Celeron N2940 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
DDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR3e-1066
8 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.25 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version --
4 PCIe lanes --
2.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron N2940 is 7.5 W, while the Samsung Exynos 5433 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Celeron N2940 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
7.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron N2940 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 5433 is manufactured in 20 nm and has a 2.25 MB cache.

Intel Celeron N2940 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
22 nm Technology 20 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1170 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2014 Release date Q3/2014
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N2940 (87%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N2940 (91%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 (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 N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
218 (87%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
250 (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 N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
730 (91%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
798 (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 N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55 (38%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
ARM Mali-T760 MP6 @ 0.70 GHz
143 (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 N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
177 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
526 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
1035 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
38 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 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 N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
140 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Celeron N2940 Samsung Exynos 5433
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