Celeron N4000 vs Atom S1220

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Primary details

Comparing Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2529
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data14.66
Architecture codenameCenterton (2012)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date11 December 2012 (12 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.6 GHz
Multiplierno data11
L1 cache56 KB (per core)112 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 deg C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1283FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)8.1 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
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 S1220 and Celeron N4000 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth10.6 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data650 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes86
PCI supportPCI Supportno data
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-
UARTUART+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2012 11 December 2017
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 6 Watt

Atom S1220 has 100% more threads.

Celeron N4000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Atom S1220 and Celeron N4000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom S1220 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron N4000 is a notebook one.


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