Core i5-8500 vs Celeron N4100

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4100
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.58

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by a whopping 291% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20081008
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.01
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Core i5
Architecture codenameGemini Lake (2019)Coffee Lake-S (2017−2018)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)14 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$202
Current price$269 (2.5x MSRP)$174 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads46
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 deg C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVXno data+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSXno data+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPPno data+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500 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 N4100 and Core i5-8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 600Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memory8 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency700 MHz1.1 GHz
Execution Units12no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500 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 N4100 and Core i5-8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4100 and Core i5-8500.

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 N4100 1.58
i5-8500 6.18
+291%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 291% 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 N4100 2443
i5-8500 9563
+291%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 291% 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 N4100 313
i5-8500 1387
+343%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 343% 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 N4100 834
i5-8500 4840
+480%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 480% 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 N4100 2013
i5-8500 8606
+328%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 328% 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 N4100 5904
i5-8500 40829
+592%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 592% 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 N4100 2805
i5-8500 9903
+253%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 253% 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 N4100 19.41
+36.6%
i5-8500 26.52

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 37% 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 N4100 2
i5-8500 10
+368%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 368% 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 N4100 198
i5-8500 950
+380%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 380% 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 N4100 69
i5-8500 172
+151%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 151% 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 N4100 0.83
i5-8500 1.96
+136%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 136% 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 N4100 1.7
i5-8500 5
+194%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 194% 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 N4100 1139
i5-8500 4219
+270%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 270% 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 N4100 12
i5-8500 40
+236%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 236% 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 N4100 58
i5-8500 207
+255%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 255% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Celeron N4100 5123
i5-8500 18025
+252%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 252% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Celeron N4100 1825
i5-8500 4782
+162%

Core i5-8500 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 162% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.58 6.18
Integrated graphics card 0.86 3.08
Recency 11 December 2017 14 February 2018
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 6
Cost $107 $202
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

The Core i5-8500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N4100 is a notebook processor while Core i5-8500 is a desktop one.


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