Celeron N3160 vs Ryzen 5 4500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4500U
2020
6 cores / 6 threads, 15 Watt
6.86
+803%
Celeron N3160
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.76

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Celeron N3160 by a whopping 803% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and Celeron N3160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10252660
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Celeron
Power efficiency43.2517.97
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500U 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz2.24 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP6FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Celeron N3160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 4500U and Celeron N3160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Celeron N3160 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
VT-ino data-
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Celeron N3160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Braswell) (320 - 640 MHz)
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data640 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 4500U and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Celeron N3160.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes124
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 data5
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.

Ryzen 5 4500U 6.86
+803%
Celeron N3160 0.76

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.

Ryzen 5 4500U 10903
+807%
Celeron N3160 1202

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.86 0.76
Integrated graphics card 6.04 0.62
Recency 6 January 2020 15 January 2016
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 5 4500U has a 802.6% higher aggregate performance score, 874.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron N3160, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 4500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N3160 in performance tests.


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