Celeron G4950 vs N4000

Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4000
2017
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.96
Celeron G4950
2019
2 cores / 2 threads, 54 Watt
1.77
+84.4%

Celeron G4950 outperforms Celeron N4000 by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25062035
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.37
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Celeron
Power efficiency14.592.99
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$52

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache112 KB128 KB
L2 cache4 MB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 deg C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950 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)
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 600Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory8 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency650 MHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units12no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes616
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
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 N4000 0.96
Celeron G4950 1.77
+84.4%

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 N4000 1472
Celeron G4950 2714
+84.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.96 1.77
Integrated graphics card 0.87 1.89
Recency 11 December 2017 23 April 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 54 Watt

Celeron N4000 has 800% lower power consumption.

Celeron G4950, on the other hand, has a 84.4% higher aggregate performance score, 117.2% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Celeron G4950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N4000 is a notebook processor while Celeron G4950 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N4000 and Celeron G4950, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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