Xeon L3406 vs Celeron N4000

Place in the ranking	2513	2804
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	14.67	1.83
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	no data
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.53 GHz
Multiplier	11	no data
L1 cache	112 KB	no data
L2 cache	4 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	54 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406 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	FCBGA1090	FCLGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	36 Bit
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-1066
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16.38 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	17 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 600	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	650 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	16
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no 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 0.93
+60.3%

Xeon L3406 0.58

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
+58.6%

Xeon L3406 928

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	0.58
Recency	11 December 2017	1 January 2010
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	30 Watt

Celeron N4000 has a 60.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

Xeon L3406, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

The Celeron N4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon L3406 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N4000 is a notebook processor while Xeon L3406 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N4000 and Xeon L3406, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.