Celeron N4020C vs Atom Z3740

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2445
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Architecture codenameBay Trail-T (2013−2014)no data
Release date27 September 2013 (10 years ago)1 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$32no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.33 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C 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
SocketUTFCBGA1380FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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-
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Key++
MPX-+
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size4 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17.1 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 SeriesIntel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHz650 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C 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 Z3740 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
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.


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.

Atom Z3740 634
Celeron N4020C 1532
+142%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 September 2013 1 January 2021
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 6 Watt

Atom Z3740 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 200% lower power consumption.

Celeron N4020C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z3740 and Celeron N4020C. We've got no test results to judge.


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