Celeron N4000 vs Ryzen 7 1700X

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1700X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
9.90
+965%
Celeron N4000
2017
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.93

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Celeron N4000 by a whopping 965% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7772509
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.53no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Celeron
Power efficiency9.8214.61
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date22 February 2017 (7 years ago)11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700X 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3411
L1 cache768 KB112 KB
L2 cache4096 KB4 MB
L3 cache16384 KB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 deg C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700X 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)
SocketAM4FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA3-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
XFR+-
SenseMI+-

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
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 Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory-8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-650 MHz
Execution Units-12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Celeron N4000.

PCIe versionn/a2.0
PCI Express lanes206
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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 9.90
+965%
Celeron N4000 0.93

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 7 1700X 15660
+964%
Celeron N4000 1472

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 1700X 1099
+238%
Celeron N4000 325

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 1700X 5607
+962%
Celeron N4000 528

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 4662
+117%
Celeron N4000 2152

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 31950
+693%
Celeron N4000 4030

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 9076
+302%
Celeron N4000 2259

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 4.89
+553%
Celeron N4000 31.94

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.

Ryzen 7 1700X 17
+927%
Celeron N4000 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 7 1700X 1537
+1014%
Celeron N4000 138

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 1700X 154
+117%
Celeron N4000 71

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 1700X 1.73
+94.4%
Celeron N4000 0.89

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 7 1700X 9
+884%
Celeron N4000 0.9

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 7 1700X 90
+849%
Celeron N4000 9

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 7 1700X 180
+281%
Celeron N4000 47

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 7 1700X 3728
+391%
Celeron N4000 760

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.90 0.93
Recency 22 February 2017 11 December 2017
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 7 1700X has a 964.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

Celeron N4000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 1700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4000 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 1700X is a desktop processor while Celeron N4000 is a notebook one.


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