Celeron N4020 vs Atom 230

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Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Celeron N4020 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2476
Place by popularitynot in top-10083
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Gemini Lake
Power efficiencyno data15.30
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 and Celeron N4020 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s15 MHz
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache56 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size25.9638 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C105 °C
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 and Celeron N4020 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA437FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Celeron N4020 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4020 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory-8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-650 MHz
Execution Units-12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom 230 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4020.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Atom 230 169
Celeron N4020 1548
+816%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Atom 230 557
Celeron N4020 2184
+292%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Atom 230 851
Celeron N4020 4427
+420%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 4 November 2019
Physical cores 1 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 6 Watt

Atom 230 has 50% lower power consumption.

Celeron N4020, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom 230 and Celeron N4020. We've got no test results to judge.


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