Atom N450 vs Celeron E1200
Primary details
Comparing Celeron E1200 and Atom N450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Allendale (2006−2009) | Pinetrail (2009−2011) |
| Release date | January 2008 (16 years ago) | 21 December 2009 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $40 | $64 |
Detailed specifications
Celeron E1200 and Atom N450 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.67 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 533 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 56 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (shared) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 77 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 73 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 105 million | 123 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.5V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron E1200 and Atom N450 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 | 1 |
| Socket | LGA775 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 5.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E1200 and Atom N450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | - |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron E1200 and Atom N450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E1200 and Atom N450 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | - | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E1200 and Atom N450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 5 Watt |
Celeron E1200 has 100% more physical cores.
Atom N450, on the other hand, has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1200% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Celeron E1200 and Atom N450. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Celeron E1200 is a desktop processor while Atom N450 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron E1200 and Atom N450, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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