Celeron N4000 vs Pentium U5400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium U5400
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 18 Watt
0.35
Celeron N4000
2017
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.93
+166%

Celeron N4000 outperforms Pentium U5400 by a whopping 166% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30652528
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.8414.67
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date25 May 2010 (14 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier911
L1 cache128 KB112 KB
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size81+114 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 deg C
Number of transistors382 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketBGA1288FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
PAE36 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth12.799 GB/s38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency500 MHz650 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium U5400 and Celeron N4000.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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 U5400 0.35
Celeron N4000 0.93
+166%

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 U5400 552
Celeron N4000 1472
+167%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium U5400 1286
Celeron N4000 2152
+67.4%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium U5400 2599
Celeron N4000 4030
+55.1%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium U5400 1126
Celeron N4000 2259
+101%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium U5400 55.75
Celeron N4000 31.94
+74.5%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium U5400 1
Celeron N4000 2
+112%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.35 0.93
Integrated graphics card 0.77 0.87
Recency 25 May 2010 11 December 2017
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N4000 has a 165.7% higher aggregate performance score, 13% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Celeron N4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium U5400 in performance tests.


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