i5-14600K vs Celeron N4500

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4500
2021
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
1.24
Core i5-14600K
2023
14 cores / 20 threads, 125 Watt
24.51
+1877%

Core i5-14600K outperforms Celeron N4500 by a whopping 1877% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2317209
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data64.21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency19.5518.54
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)17 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$319

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K 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)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz5.3 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data257 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K 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
SocketBGA1338FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vPro-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP-+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection+-
SGX-no data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size16 GB192 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency750 MHz1.55 GHz
Execution Units1632

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hz4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4500 and Core i5-14600K.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes816
USB revision2.0/3.2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports14no 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 N4500 1.24
i5-14600K 24.51
+1877%

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 N4500 1965
i5-14600K 38928
+1881%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron N4500 446
i5-14600K 2807
+529%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron N4500 730
i5-14600K 15960
+2086%

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 N4500 2053
i5-14600K 18096
+781%

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 N4500 50.2
i5-14600K 2.39
+2000%

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 N4500 2
i5-14600K 41
+1850%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Celeron N4500 171
i5-14600K 3640
+2029%

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 N4500 82
i5-14600K 297
+262%

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 N4500 1.04
i5-14600K 3.58
+244%

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 N4500 1.1
i5-14600K 19.5
+1673%

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 N4500 1076
i5-14600K 11491
+968%

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 N4500 12
i5-14600K 209
+1639%

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 N4500 61
i5-14600K 411
+578%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Celeron N4500 1018
i5-14600K 17516
+1621%

Blender(-)

Celeron N4500 4249
+3071%
i5-14600K 134

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Celeron N4500 594
i5-14600K 2017
+240%

7-Zip Single

Celeron N4500 2853
i5-14600K 6910
+142%

7-Zip

Celeron N4500 5394
i5-14600K 93235
+1628%

WebXPRT 3

Celeron N4500 95
i5-14600K 354
+274%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Celeron N4500 91
i5-14600K 301
+230%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Celeron N4500 662
i5-14600K 17409
+2530%

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Celeron N4500 457
i5-14600K 2879
+530%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.24 24.51
Integrated graphics card 5.58 6.16
Recency 11 January 2021 17 October 2023
Physical cores 2 14
Threads 2 20
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 125 Watt

Celeron N4500 has 1983.3% lower power consumption.

i5-14600K, on the other hand, has a 1876.6% higher aggregate performance score, 10.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, and 600% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

The Core i5-14600K is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N4500 is a notebook processor while Core i5-14600K is a desktop one.


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