Athlon PRO 300U vs Celeron N4100

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4100
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
Athlon PRO 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.57
+66.9%

Athlon PRO 300U outperforms Celeron N4100 by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21321743
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronAMD Athlon
Power efficiency24.2916.21
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date11 December 2017 (7 years ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplier1124
L1 cache256 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 deg Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U 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)
SocketFCBGA1090FP5
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB32 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
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Intel UHD Graphics 600AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes612
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 N4100 1.54
Athlon PRO 300U 2.57
+66.9%

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 N4100 2453
Athlon PRO 300U 4080
+66.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.54 2.57
Integrated graphics card 0.87 2.98
Recency 11 December 2017 8 April 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron N4100 has 100% more physical cores, and 150% lower power consumption.

Athlon PRO 300U, on the other hand, has a 66.9% higher aggregate performance score, 242.5% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Athlon PRO 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4100 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N4100 and Athlon PRO 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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