Celeron 420 vs Pentium N4200

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2223not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency21.58no data
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Conroe-L (2007−2008)
Release date1 September 2016 (8 years ago)June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$23

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data77 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data60 °C
Number of transistorsno data105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420 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
SocketFCBGA1296LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420. 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
Demand Based Switchingno data-
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
FSB parityno data-
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420 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 N4200 and Celeron 420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3, DDR4DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 505no data
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes6no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no 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.



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 N4200 2170
+823%
Celeron 420 235

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium N4200 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium N4200 and Celeron 420. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium N4200 is a notebook processor while Celeron 420 is a desktop one.


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