Intel Celeron 2981U Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Celeron 2981U has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Celeron series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q3/2013. The Intel Celeron 2981U scores 354 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 694 points.
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| Name: | Intel Celeron 2981U |
| Family: | Intel Celeron |
| CPU group: | Intel Celeron 2000 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 4 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Celeron 2981U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 2981U is 1.40 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 2 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 1.40 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Celeron 2981U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Celeron 2981U uses the Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1), which has 80 texture shaders and 10 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) |
| GPU frequency: | 0.20 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.00 GHz |
| Execution units: | 10 |
| Shader: | 80 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 7.5 |
| Direct X: | 11.1 |
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Release date: | Q4/2012 |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3L-1600 LPDDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory: | 16 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 2.0 x 12 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The Intel Celeron 2981U is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | BGA 1168 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 2.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Haswell U |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date: | Q3/2013 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Celeron 2981U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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.
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AMD A10-4600M
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD A9-9420e
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Celeron E3400
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 925
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD A8-3820
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon II X2 220
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Atom E3845
4C 4T @ 1.91 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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AMD A8-7150B
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio X10
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i7-2610UE
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 0.85 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 3825U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz |
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AMD A4-4355M
AMD Radeon HD 7400G @ 0.42 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 3558U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2957U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core2 Duo E8190
2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz |
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Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 220
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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MediaTek MT6750
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD A10-7850K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 4405Y
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 900e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz |
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AMD A4-3400
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD A8-7100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 1005M
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E6700
2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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AMD A10-4655M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD E2-6110
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J1850
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Atom Z3745D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz |
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Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 610e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1220L v3
4C 8T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4100U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i3-4010Y
2C 4T @ 1.30 GHz |
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AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz |
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AMD A8-4555M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 1007U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.|
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Intel Celeron N3150
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.64 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N3160
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.64 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3227U
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2981U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2980U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3770
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,357 entries
2,357 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,330 entries
2,330 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,871 entries
1,871 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,290 entries
2,290 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,098 entries
1,098 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,093 entries
1,093 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries
941 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries
937 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries
825 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries
836 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
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