Atom x5-Z8300 vs Celeron N3450

Aggregate performance score

Celeron N3450
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.25
+145%

Celeron N3450 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by a whopping 145% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22962861
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency19.72no data
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300 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 speed1.1 GHz1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.84 GHz
Multiplier11no data
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300 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)
SocketFCBGA1296UTFCBGA592
Power consumption (TDP)6 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Boot++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection++
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x++
VT-i-no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB2 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 500Intel HD Graphics
Max video memory8 GB2 GB
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency700 MHz500 MHz
Execution Units1212

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported32
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data1920x1080

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3450 and Atom x5-Z8300.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes61
USB revision2.0/3.03.0
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+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. 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 N3450 1.25
+145%
Atom x5-Z8300 0.51

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.

Celeron N3450 1987
+144%
Atom x5-Z8300 814

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.

Celeron N3450 244
+86.3%
Atom x5-Z8300 131

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.

Celeron N3450 677
+91.2%
Atom x5-Z8300 354

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.

Celeron N3450 1415
+50.2%
Atom x5-Z8300 942

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.

Celeron N3450 3959
+34.9%
Atom x5-Z8300 2934

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.

Celeron N3450 2576
+52.3%
Atom x5-Z8300 1691

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.

Celeron N3450 22.31
+63.2%
Atom x5-Z8300 36.4

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.

Celeron N3450 2
+59.8%
Atom x5-Z8300 1

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Celeron N3450 143
+52.1%
Atom x5-Z8300 94

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.

Celeron N3450 45
+64.8%
Atom x5-Z8300 27

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.

Celeron N3450 0.53
+51.4%
Atom x5-Z8300 0.35

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.

Celeron N3450 1.2
+100%
Atom x5-Z8300 0.6

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.  

Celeron N3450 12
+71.9%
Atom x5-Z8300 7

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.  

Celeron N3450 58
+63%
Atom x5-Z8300 36

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.

Celeron N3450 1020
+30.8%
Atom x5-Z8300 780

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Celeron N3450 3958
+81%
Atom x5-Z8300 2187

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Celeron N3450 1202
+60.3%
Atom x5-Z8300 750

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.25 0.51
Recency 30 August 2016 2 March 2015

Celeron N3450 has a 145.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Celeron N3450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8300 in performance tests.


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