Pentium Gold G5400 vs Celeron N3450

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N3450
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.25
Pentium Gold G5400
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.35
+88%

Pentium Gold G5400 outperforms Celeron N3450 by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22971786
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.74
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency19.724.36
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier1137
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1296FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 500Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory8 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency700 MHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units12no data
InTru 3D-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes616
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
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.

Celeron N3450 1.25
Pentium Gold G5400 2.35
+88%

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 N3450 1987
Pentium Gold G5400 3735
+88%

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 N3450 244
Pentium Gold G5400 736
+202%

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 N3450 677
Pentium Gold G5400 1510
+123%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.25 2.35
Integrated graphics card 0.77 1.89
Recency 30 August 2016 2 April 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 58 Watt

Celeron N3450 has 100% more physical cores, and 866.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G5400, on the other hand, has a 88% higher aggregate performance score, 145.5% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Pentium Gold G5400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N3450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N3450 is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G5400 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N3450 and Pentium Gold G5400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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