Celeron N4100 vs N2930

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N2930
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 7 Watt
0.66

N4100 outperforms N2930 by a whopping 139% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26332008
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Celeron
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Gemini Lake (2019)
Release date23 February 2014 (10 years ago)11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107
Current price$820 $269 (2.5x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.83 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.16 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 deg C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100 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
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connect+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
StatusLaunchedDiscontinued
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory supportno 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++
Graphics max frequency854 MHz700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2930 and Celeron N4100.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes46
USB revision3.0 and 2.02.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports22
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB ports58
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.

Celeron N2930 0.66
Celeron N4100 1.58
+139%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 139% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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 N2930 1017
Celeron N4100 2443
+140%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 140% 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 N2930 154
Celeron N4100 313
+103%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 103% 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 N2930 457
Celeron N4100 834
+82.5%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 82% 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 N2930 1132
Celeron N4100 2013
+77.9%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 78% 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 N2930 3880
Celeron N4100 5904
+52.2%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 52% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Celeron N2930 2214
Celeron N4100 2805
+26.7%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 27% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Celeron N2930 27.25
Celeron N4100 19.41
+40.4%

N2930 outperforms N4100 by 40% in wPrime 32.

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 N2930 2
Celeron N4100 2
+38.9%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 39% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Celeron N2930 129
Celeron N4100 198
+53.5%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 53% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Celeron N2930 35
Celeron N4100 69
+96%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 96% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Celeron N2930 0.41
Celeron N4100 0.83
+102%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 102% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Celeron N2930 0.2
Celeron N4100 1.7
+608%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 608% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Celeron N2930 1181
+3.7%
Celeron N4100 1139

N2930 outperforms N4100 by 4% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Celeron N2930 9
Celeron N4100 12
+26.9%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 27% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Celeron N2930 47
Celeron N4100 58
+24%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 24% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Celeron N2930 2703
Celeron N4100 5042
+86.5%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 87% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Celeron N2930 839
Celeron N4100 1629
+94.2%

N4100 outperforms N2930 by 94% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.66 1.58
Recency 23 February 2014 11 December 2017
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 6 Watt

The Celeron N4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N2930 in performance tests.


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