Xeon Silver 4310 vs Celeron N2940

Place in the ranking	2740	525
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	8.92	10.99
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	22 May 2014 (10 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	24
Base clock speed	1.83 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.25 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	56K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	82 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310 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	2
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	8 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	4	64
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	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.

Celeron N2940 0.66

Xeon Silver 4310 13.94
+2012%

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.

Celeron N2940 1044

Xeon Silver 4310 22146
+2021%

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.

Celeron N2940 167

Xeon Silver 4310 1237
+641%

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.

Celeron N2940 501

Xeon Silver 4310 7784
+1454%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.66	13.94
Recency	22 May 2014	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	12
Threads	4	24
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	120 Watt

Celeron N2940 has 1614.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4310, on the other hand, has a 2012.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N2940 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N2940 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4310 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N2940 and Xeon Silver 4310, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.