Celeron N3160 vs Pentium J2900

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2616	2652
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	7.48	17.74
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date	1 November 2013 (11 years ago)	15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$94	$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160 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	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.24 GHz
Bus type	no data	IDI
L1 cache	224 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Response	no data	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	no data	-
FDI	-	no data
HD Audio	no data	+
RST	-	-

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	-
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	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 Compare	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series	Intel HD Graphics (Braswell) (320 - 640 MHz)
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	640 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.2	+
OpenGL	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Celeron N3160.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	4
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	5	5
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.

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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	0.75
Integrated graphics card	0.77	0.62
Recency	1 November 2013	15 January 2016
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

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