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Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Celeron 2981U can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: BGA1168

Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 15 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2981U @ 1.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2016

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3779th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
3465th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
949th fastest in out of 1436 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1036

Single Thread Rating

899

Samples: 13*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,475
Thread: 831

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz

Integer Math	3,721 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,854 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,370 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	221.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,595 KBytes/Sec
Physics	139 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	664 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	899 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of December 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of December 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,993
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,392
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,464
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,013
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,820
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,793
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,720
Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz		1,036

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.63
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.46
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.24
Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,071
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,042
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,673
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,652
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,611
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,440
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,420
Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz		899

Last 3 Baselines for Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2218209 - Oct 13 2024		1061
BL2128119 - Jun 21 2024		1098
BL1221258 - Apr 14 2020		1041

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz		1,036
Intel Celeron N3350 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,106 (+6.8%)
AMD A6-9210 vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,248 (+20.5%)
AMD E2-9010 vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,093 (+5.5%)
AMD GX-222GC SOC vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,044 (+0.8%)
AMD A6-9220 vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,278 (+23.4%)
AMD PRO A6-8530B vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,127 (+8.8%)
AMD R-260H APU vs Intel Celeron 2981U		954 (-7.9%)
AMD E2-9000e vs Intel Celeron 2981U		886 (-14.5%)
Intel Celeron 3765U @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,252 (+20.9%)
AMD A4-9120 vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,217 (+17.5%)
Intel Celeron J3355 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,197 (+15.6%)
AMD A8-7050 vs Intel Celeron 2981U		1,152 (+11.2%)

Is the Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,111
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,992
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,898
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,818
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,520
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,414
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,258
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,234
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,204
Intel Core i9-13900HK		5,960
Intel Core i9-13905H		5,941
Intel Core i7-14650HX		5,930
Intel Celeron 2981U @ 1.60GHz		197