Atom N470 vs Celeron G3900TE
Aggregate performance score
Celeron G3900TE outperforms Atom N470 by a whopping 708% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2591 | 3553 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.35 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 1.27 | 0.78 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (2015−2016) | Pineview (2009−2011) |
| Release date | 19 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 1 March 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $42 | $75 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Celeron G3900TE and Atom N470 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.83 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.83 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 533 MHz |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 98.57 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 123 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron G3900TE and Atom N470 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 | LGA-1151 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900TE and Atom N470. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
Security technologies
Celeron G3900TE and Atom N470 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900TE and Atom N470 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900TE and Atom N470. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3L-1600 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 510 | Intel GMA 3150 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900TE and Atom N470.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.05 | 0.13 |
| Recency | 19 October 2015 | 1 March 2010 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Celeron G3900TE has a 707.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
Atom N470, on the other hand, has 483.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Celeron G3900TE is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom N470 in performance tests.
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