Celeron N4000 vs Atom Z530

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Aggregate performance score

Atom Z530
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 2 Watt
0.12
Celeron N4000
2017
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.93
+675%

Celeron N4000 outperforms Atom Z530 by a whopping 675% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33662528
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Celeron
Power efficiency5.1614.67
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$95$107

Detailed specifications

Atom Z530 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier1211
L1 cache56 KB112 KB
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size24.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 deg C
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.75 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z530 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)
SocketPBGA441FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching+no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
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 Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 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 Z530 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000.

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.


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.

Atom Z530 0.12
Celeron N4000 0.93
+675%

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 Z530 183
Celeron N4000 1472
+704%

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.

Atom Z530 537
Celeron N4000 2152
+301%

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.

Atom Z530 818
Celeron N4000 4030
+393%

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.

Atom Z530 459
Celeron N4000 2259
+393%

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.

Atom Z530 123.05
Celeron N4000 31.94
+285%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.12 0.93
Recency 2 April 2008 11 December 2017
Physical cores 1 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 6 Watt

Atom Z530 has 200% lower power consumption.

Celeron N4000, on the other hand, has a 675% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron N4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom Z530 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom Z530 and Celeron N4000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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