Celeron N5100 vs N2930

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2758	1882
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	8.65	32.81
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	23 February 2014 (10 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.83 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.16 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	56K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100 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	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	800 MHz
Execution Units	no data	24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N5100.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	8
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	2.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	5	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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.64	2.08
Recency	23 February 2014	11 January 2021
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	6 Watt

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