Celeron N5100 vs Atom Z530

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z530 and Celeron N5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1781
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$95no data
Current price$451 (4.7x MSRP)no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z530 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus support533.33 MT/sno data
L1 cache56 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Die size24.18 mm27.8 mm × 3.1 mmno data
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.75 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z530 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA441FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z530 and Celeron N5100. 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 States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching+no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Atom Z530 and Celeron N5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB+no data
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z530 and Celeron N5100 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 N5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory supportno data-

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 Z530 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom Z530 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 Z530 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z530 and Celeron N5100.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
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 Z530 183
Celeron N5100 3314
+1711%

Celeron N5100 outperforms Atom Z530 by 1711% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 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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