Celeron N4020 vs Pentium G3240

Place in the ranking	2315	2470
Place by popularity	not in top-100	83
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency	2.19	15.35
Architecture codename	no data	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date	1 April 2014 (10 years ago)	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2.8 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	15 MHz
L2 cache	no data	4 MB
L3 cache	3 MB Intel® Smart Cache	4 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020 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	FCLGA1150	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	53 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory	1.7 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	650 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	+	no data
VGA	+	no data
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	1920x1080@60Hz	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	2560x1600@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	2560x1600@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA	1920x1200@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.1/12	12
OpenGL	4.3	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G3240 and Celeron N4020.

PCIe version	Up to 3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
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.

Pentium G3240 1.27
+25.7%

Celeron N4020 1.01

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.

Pentium G3240 1940
+25.1%

Celeron N4020 1551

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.

Pentium G3240 519
+51.3%

Celeron N4020 343

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.

Pentium G3240 873
+59.6%

Celeron N4020 547