Xeon Gold 5412U vs Celeron N4000

Place in the ranking	2508	120
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	92.89
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	14.55	16.93
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$1,113

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U 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	2 (Dual-core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	2	48
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.9 GHz
Multiplier	11	no data
L1 cache	112 KB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	45 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	81 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 600	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	650 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U.

PCIe version	2.0	5
PCI Express lanes	6	80
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no 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 0.94

Xeon Gold 5412U 33.72
+3487%

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

Xeon Gold 5412U 52557
+3470%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.94	33.72
Recency	11 December 2017	10 January 2023
Physical cores	2	24
Threads	2	48
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	185 Watt

Celeron N4000 has 2983.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5412U, on the other hand, has a 3487.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5412U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N4000 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5412U is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N4000 and Xeon Gold 5412U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.