Atom x5-E3940 vs Celeron N4000

Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4000
2017
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.93
Atom x5-E3940
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.23
+32.3%

Atom x5-E3940 outperforms Celeron N4000 by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25102307
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency14.6711.64
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)30 August 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz1.8 GHz
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache112 KB56K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (shared)
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 deg Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data103 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940 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)
SocketFCBGA1090Intel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 600Intel HD Graphics 500
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency650 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4000 and Atom x5-E3940.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes64
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 N4000 0.93
Atom x5-E3940 1.23
+32.3%

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 N4000 1472
Atom x5-E3940 1953
+32.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.93 1.23
Integrated graphics card 0.87 0.77
Recency 11 December 2017 30 August 2014
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 10 Watt

Celeron N4000 has 13% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Atom x5-E3940, on the other hand, has a 32.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Atom x5-E3940 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4000 in performance tests.


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