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Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Celeron 2980U 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 2980U @ 1.60GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCBGA1168

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) 2980U @ 1.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3882nd fastest in multithreading out of 5090 CPUs
3542nd fastest in single threading out of 5090 CPUs
961st fastest in out of 1470 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1092

Single Thread Rating

933

Samples: 7*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,653
Thread: 944

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz

Integer Math	3,753 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,895 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,428 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	242.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	18,150 KBytes/Sec
Physics	150 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	697 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	933 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of April 2025

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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of April 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 25th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,130
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,883
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,123
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,303
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,787
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,695
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,723
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,602
Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz		1,092

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 25th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.95
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.07
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.17
Intel Celeron 2980U @ 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 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 25th of April 2025 - 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		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,052
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,031
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,922
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,655
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,638
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,601
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz		933

Last 1 Baselines for Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2499378 - Mar 22 2025		1128

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz
As of 25th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz		1,092
AMD A6-7000 vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,010 (-7.5%)
AMD A6 PRO-7050B APU vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,010 (-7.5%)
Intel Pentium 3805U @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,194 (+9.4%)
AMD A6-5345M APU vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,122 (+2.7%)
Intel Pentium 3558U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,045 (-4.3%)
Intel Celeron 2957U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Celeron 2980U		849 (-22.3%)
Intel Pentium 3560M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,345 (+23.2%)
Intel Celeron 2950M @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,238 (+13.4%)
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,205 (+10.4%)
AMD A6-5357M APU vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,165 (+6.8%)
AMD A6-9225 vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,338 (+22.5%)
AMD A6-9220 vs Intel Celeron 2980U		1,284 (+17.6%)

Is the Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 25th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,750
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,253
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		7,861
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,221
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,066
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		7,040
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,805
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,797
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,784
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,553
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,207
Intel Celeron 2980U @ 1.60GHz		210