Celeron N4500 vs Atom N280

Place in the ranking	3368	2303
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	3.79	19.56
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	1 February 2009 (15 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom N280 and Celeron N4500 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	666.66 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	10	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N280 and Celeron N4500 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA437	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Atom N280 and Celeron N4500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N4500 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	-	750 MHz
Execution Units	-	16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom N280 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12
OpenGL	-	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N4500.

PCI Express lanes	no data	8
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	14
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no 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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom N280 0.10

Celeron N4500 1.24
+1140%

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 N280 157

Celeron N4500 1964
+1151%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Atom N280 507

Celeron N4500 2053
+305%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Atom N280 115

Celeron N4500 50.2
+129%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.10	1.24
Recency	1 February 2009	11 January 2021
Physical cores	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	6 Watt

Atom N280 has 200% lower power consumption.

Celeron N4500, on the other hand, has a 1140% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron N4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N280 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N280 and Celeron N4500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.