Celeron N4000C vs Pentium Silver N6000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1972	2561
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Power efficiency	30.13	14.04
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake (2021)	no data
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	1 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
L2 cache	1.5 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 deg C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C 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	FCBGA1338	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	650 MHz
Execution Units	32	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
MIPI-DSI	+	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4000C.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	8	6
USB revision	2.0/3.2	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	2
Number of USB ports	14	8
Integrated LAN	-	-
UART	+	+

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	1.91	0.89
Integrated graphics card	5.59	0.87
Recency	11 January 2021	1 April 2019
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm

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