Intel Celeron N3060 vs Intel Core i7-2860QM

Compare Intel Celeron N Series 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

385 points

404 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

829 points

32% slightly better gaming score

625 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

277 points

337 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

266 points

324 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

3.65 points

27.93 points

665% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz

2.5 GHz

56% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

6 W

650% significantly lower TDP

45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

300% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

8 GiB

32 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,084th of 1,089

1,081st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Celeron N Series

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1600

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Celeron N3060 vs Core i7-2860QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2860QM performs better than the Celeron N3060. Despite this, the Celeron N3060 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2860QM has significantly more cores than the Celeron N3060. Indeed, the Core i7-2860QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Celeron N3060. It also has more threads than the Celeron N3060. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-2860QM has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N3060. A Celeron N3060 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2860QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Celeron N3060 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.