GX-420GI vs Celeron N4020

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4020 and GX-420GI processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2474not rated
Place by popularity83not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Gemini Lakeno data
Power efficiency15.33no data
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Brown Falcon (2016)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)23 February 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4020 and GX-420GI 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 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate15 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data320 KB
L2 cache4 MB1 MB (per module)
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4020 and GX-420GI 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1090FP4
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4020 and GX-420GI. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
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 N4020 and GX-420GI 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 N4020 and GX-420GI are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4020 and GX-420GI. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 600Radeon R7E 6CU
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency650 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4020 and GX-420GI 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 N4020 and GX-420GI integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4020 and GX-420GI integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4020 and GX-420GI.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes68
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


Recency 4 November 2019 23 February 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron N4020 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

GX-420GI, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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