Celeron N4000 vs Atom 230

Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Celeron N4000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2513
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	no data	14.67
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$29	$107

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	11
L1 cache	56 KB	112 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	105 deg C
Number of transistors	47 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PBGA437	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Celeron N4000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4000 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 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 Atom 230 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12
OpenGL	-	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 230 and Celeron N4000.

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	11 December 2017
Physical cores	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	6 Watt

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