Celeron N4020 vs Atom D2500

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Primary details

Comparing Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2367
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Gemini Lake
Architecture codenameCedarview (2011−2012)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date1 November 2011 (12 years ago)4 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price$150 $236

Detailed specifications

Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020 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 speed1.86 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size66 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors176 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020 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
SocketFCBGA559FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
AMT-no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audio+no data

Security technologies

Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPXno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size4 GB8 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel GMAIntel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data650 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4020.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanes46
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports22
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB ports88
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.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Atom D2500 246
Celeron N4020 1550
+530%

Celeron N4020 outperforms Atom D2500 by 530% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2011 4 November 2019
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 6 Watt

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