Celeron N4020C vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91
+96.9%
Celeron N4020C
2021
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.97

Pentium Silver N6000 outperforms Celeron N4020C by an impressive 97% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19552482
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency30.1315.30
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)no data
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)1 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.8 GHz
L2 cache1.5 MBno data
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography10 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C 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
SocketFCBGA1338FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
GPIO++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection++
SGX-Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C 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 N4020C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency850 MHz650 MHz
Execution Units3212

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Celeron N4020C.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanes86
USB revision2.0/3.22.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports22
Number of USB ports148
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.


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 Silver N6000 1.91
+96.9%
Celeron N4020C 0.97

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 Silver N6000 3034
+97.8%
Celeron N4020C 1534

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 0.97
Integrated graphics card 5.58 0.87
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 10 nm 14 nm

Pentium Silver N6000 has a 96.9% higher aggregate performance score, 541.4% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Silver N6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4020C in performance tests.


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