Intel Celeron 3955U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Celeron 3955U has 2 CPU cores and can process 2 threads at the same time. The processor was presented in Q4/2015 and is based on the 7. Generation of the Intel Celeron series. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Celeron 3955U achieved a result of 514 points (single-core) or 1,018 points (multi-core).
Intel Celeron 3955U

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Celeron 3955U belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Celeron 3955U.

Name: Intel Celeron 3955U
Family: Intel Celeron (165)
CPU group: Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
Architecture: Kaby Lake U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 7
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron 3955U has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 3955U is 2.00 GHz. An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 2
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron 3955U has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Celeron 3955U has the Intel HD Graphics 510 installed, which has 12 streaming multiprocessors (96 shaders).

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 510
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.90 GHz
Compute units: 12
Shader: 96
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2015
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12.0
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron 3955U supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 34.1 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR3-1866
DDR4-2133
DDR3L-1600
34.1 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Celeron 3955U has a TDP of 15 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: 10 W
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Celeron 3955U is made in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: --
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 2.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
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: Q4/2015
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Celeron 3955U 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.
Intel Core i3-6102E Intel Core i3-6102E
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
516
Intel Celeron G1610 Intel Celeron G1610
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
515
Intel Core i3-2120T Intel Core i3-2120T
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
515
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
514
Intel Core i7-920 Intel Core i7-920
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
513
Intel Core2 Duo E8700 Intel Core2 Duo E8700
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
512
AMD FX-8150 AMD FX-8150
8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
512

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 Athlon II X4 600e AMD Athlon II X4 600e
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1022
Intel Core i3-2348M Intel Core i3-2348M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1019
Intel Core i3-2350M Intel Core i3-2350M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1019
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
1018
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400
4C 4T @ 2.13 GHz
1015
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1015
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1014

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 Core i7-860S Intel Core i7-860S
4C 8T @ 3.46 GHz
451
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
450
Intel Xeon E5450 Intel Xeon E5450
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
448
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
445
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
445
Intel Core i5-3337U Intel Core i5-3337U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
442
Intel Celeron G1620 Intel Celeron G1620
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
441

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 Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
784
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
782
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
781
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
780
Intel Celeron N4500 Intel Celeron N4500
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
778
Intel Celeron N3450 Intel Celeron N3450
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
775
MediaTek Helio P22 MediaTek Helio P22
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
770

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 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.90 GHz
173
Intel Celeron 3865U Intel Celeron 3865U
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 0.90 GHz
173
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
Intel UHD Graphics 610 @ 0.90 GHz
173
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.90 GHz
173
AMD A4-9120 AMD A4-9120
AMD Radeon R3 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.66 GHz
168
Intel Celeron G1840T Intel Celeron G1840T
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.05 GHz
168
Intel Celeron G1840 Intel Celeron G1840
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.05 GHz
168

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 2970M Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1496
Intel Core i5-4300Y Intel Core i5-4300Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1496
Intel Core i3-2100T Intel Core i3-2100T
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1492
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
1488
Intel Core i3-530 Intel Core i3-530
2C 4T @ 2.93 GHz
1478
AMD Opteron X3216 AMD Opteron X3216
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
1475
AMD E2-3200 AMD E2-3200
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1471

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 Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
86
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
86
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
86
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
85
Intel Core i3-5015U Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
85
Intel Celeron J4025 Intel Celeron J4025
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
85
AMD Phenom II X6 1065T AMD Phenom II X6 1065T
6C 6T @ 3.40 GHz
85

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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
161
Intel Celeron J4025 Intel Celeron J4025
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
160
Intel Celeron N3450 Intel Celeron N3450
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
160
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
159
Intel Celeron G1620T Intel Celeron G1620T
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
159
AMD A10-5745M AMD A10-5745M
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
159
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
158

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