Celeron N2920 vs Pentium A1020

Primary details

Comparing Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2615	2790
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	7.48	8.11
Architecture codename	no data	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date	1 January 2016 (8 years ago)	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.41 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	56K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Smart Connect	no data	+
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	844 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium A1020 and Celeron N2920.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	4
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Number of USB ports	5	5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.79	0.60
Recency	1 January 2016	1 December 2013
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	7 Watt

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