Atom N450 vs Celeron N2830
Primary details
Comparing Celeron N2830 and Atom N450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) | Pinetrail (2009−2010) |
| Release date | 23 February 2014 (10 years ago) | 21 December 2009 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $107 | $64 |
| Current price | $234 (2.2x MSRP) | $348 (5.4x MSRP) |
Detailed specifications
Celeron N2830 and Atom N450 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 | 2.16 GHz | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.41 GHz | 1.66 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 533 MHz |
| L1 cache | 56K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 123 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron N2830 and Atom N450 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA1170 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7.5 Watt | 5.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2830 and Atom N450. 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 | - | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | no data | + |
| SIPP | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| Smart Connect | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
| RST | - | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron N2830 and Atom N450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | - | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2830 and Atom N450 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2830 and Atom N450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series | Intel GMA 3150 |
| Quick Sync Video | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 750 MHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2830 and Atom N450 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2830 and Atom N450.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | no data |
| USB revision | 3.0 and 2.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 5 | 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.
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%
Celeron N2830 outperforms Atom N450 by 170% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Celeron N2830 outperforms Atom N450 by 126% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Celeron N2830 outperforms Atom N450 by 144% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Celeron N2830 outperforms Atom N450 by 112% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Celeron N2830 outperforms Atom N450 by 159% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Celeron N2830 outperforms Atom N450 by 242% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 February 2014 | 21 December 2009 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Cost | $107 | $64 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 5 Watt |
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