Intel Celeron Kaby Lake G3930 BOX (BX80677G3930)

Last of the Mohicans

After moving from Skylake architecture to Kaby Lake, the Celeron family remains the last dual-core Intel processors, the most affordable representative of which is the G3930 model that costs less than $40. Moreover, for this amount you also get a simple cooler, which, however, is enough to cool such a low-power processor (the claimed heat dissipation is 51 W, but the real one is about half as much).

Playable but difficult

In addition to two processor cores with a frequency of 2.9 GHz, the G3930 chip also has an Intel HD 610 graphics core. Its performance is identical to the Intel HD 510 from Skylake processors and is insufficient for games in 2015-2017. But less demanding multiplayer games WoT, CSGO and Dota 2, as well as AAA hits from previous years, can be played at least on low graphics settings.

Favorite movies

Even the installation of a discrete graphics card in pair with the Celeron G3930 does not really save the situation with games - on two processor cores, the new items either do not start at all, or they slow down a lot. As a result, the G3930 can be recommended only for the simplest office tasks and watching movies. Thanks to the Intel Quick Sync hardware video decoder, even 4K video with the cutting-edge x265 codec plays smoothly.