i3-8000 vs Celeron N4000

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4000 and Core i3-8000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2509not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Core i3
Power efficiency14.67no data
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)1 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4000 and Core i3-8000 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 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier1136
L1 cache112 KB256 KB
L2 cache4 MB1 MB
L3 cache4 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 deg Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4000 and Core i3-8000 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)
SocketFCBGA10901151
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4000 and Core i3-8000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
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 Core i3-8000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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 Core i3-8000 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 Core i3-8000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 600Intel UHD Graphics 630
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 Core i3-8000 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 Core i3-8000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4000 and Core i3-8000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4000 and Core i3-8000.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes6no data
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

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 0.87 3.09
Recency 11 December 2017 1 September 2018
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Celeron N4000 has 983.3% lower power consumption.

i3-8000, on the other hand, has 255.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron N4000 and Core i3-8000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron N4000 is a notebook processor while Core i3-8000 is a desktop one.


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