Xeon L5240 vs Celeron N4100

Place in the ranking	2111	2559
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	24.47	1.98
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	no data
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	1 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240 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	4 (Quad-Core)	no data
Threads	4	no data
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Multiplier	11	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	4 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	56 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240 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)	no data
Socket	FCBGA1090	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	40 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240 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	no data
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data

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	700 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240 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 N4100 and Xeon L5240 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240 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 N4100 and Xeon L5240.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	no data
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 N4100 1.61
+85.1%

Xeon L5240 0.87

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 N4100 2457
+83.8%

Xeon L5240 1337

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.61	0.87
Recency	11 December 2017	1 April 2008
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	40 Watt

Celeron N4100 has a 85.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The Celeron N4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon L5240 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N4100 is a notebook processor while Xeon L5240 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N4100 and Xeon L5240, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.