Celeron N5100 vs Atom N280

Primary details

Comparing Atom N280 and Celeron N5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1875
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	32.97
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	1 February 2009 (15 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom N280 and Celeron N5100 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	666.66 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	10	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °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 N280 and Celeron N5100 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
Socket	PBGA437	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N5100. 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	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Atom N280 and Celeron N5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N5100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	-	800 MHz
Execution Units	-	24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom N280 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	-	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	-	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	-	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	-	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12
OpenGL	-	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N280 and Celeron N5100.

PCI Express lanes	no data	8
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	14
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	1 February 2009	11 January 2021
Physical cores	1	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	6 Watt

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