i3-N300 vs Celeron N4000

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4000
2017
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.93
Core i3-N300
2023
8 cores / 8 threads, 7 Watt
5.35
+475%

Core i3-N300 outperforms Celeron N4000 by a whopping 475% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4000 and Core i3-N300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25291178
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency14.6672.28
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date11 December 2017 (7 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$309

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4000 and Core i3-N300 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed1.1 GHz0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache112 KB96 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (per module)
L3 cache4 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature105 deg C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4000 and Core i3-N300 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
SocketFCBGA1090Intel BGA 1264
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4000 and Core i3-N300. 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-N300 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 Core i3-N300 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-N300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5 4800 MHz Single-channel
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 600Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake) ( - 1250 MHz)
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-N300 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-N300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4000 and Core i3-N300 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-N300.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes69
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
i3-N300 5.35
+475%

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
i3-N300 8497
+477%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron N4000 2152
i3-N300 2884
+34%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron N4000 4030
i3-N300 12014
+198%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron N4000 2259
i3-N300 4261
+88.6%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron N4000 31.94
i3-N300 17.49
+82.6%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron N4000 2
i3-N300 5
+222%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Celeron N4000 138
i3-N300 416
+201%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Celeron N4000 71
i3-N300 85
+19.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Celeron N4000 0.89
i3-N300 1.02
+14.6%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Celeron N4000 0.9
i3-N300 2.6
+186%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Celeron N4000 760
i3-N300 1915
+152%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Celeron N4000 9
i3-N300 29
+204%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Celeron N4000 47
i3-N300 107
+125%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.93 5.35
Integrated graphics card 0.87 3.29
Recency 11 December 2017 3 January 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 7 Watt

Celeron N4000 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

i3-N300, on the other hand, has a 475.3% higher aggregate performance score, 278.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i3-N300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4000 in performance tests.


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