Celeron N4100 vs Pentium 4 2.0

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2117
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data24.45
Architecture codenameWillamette (2000−2001)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date27 August 2001 (23 years ago)11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.4 GHz
Multiplierno data11
L1 cache8 KB256 KB
L2 cache256 KB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size217 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 deg C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors125 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket423FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2001 11 December 2017
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N4100 has an age advantage of 16 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 2.0 and Celeron N4100. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium 4 2.0 is a desktop processor while Celeron N4100 is a notebook one.


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