Celeron N3150 vs i5-4460

Aggregate performance score

Core i5-4460
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 84 Watt
3.08
+311%
Celeron N3150
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.75

Core i5-4460 outperforms Celeron N3150 by a whopping 311% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16222649
Place by popularity61not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.54no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5 (Desktop)Intel Celeron
Power efficiency3.4711.83
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date11 May 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$182$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150 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 speed3.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.08 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size177 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature73 °C90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)73 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1150FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
FDI+no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
OS Guard+-
Anti-Theft+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d+-
VT-x++
VT-ino data-
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 4600Intel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series
Max video memory2 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz640 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
VGA+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGA1920x1200@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12+
OpenGL4.3+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150.

PCIe versionUp to 3.02.0
PCI Express lanes164
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

i5-4460 3.08
+311%
Celeron N3150 0.75

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.

i5-4460 4890
+310%
Celeron N3150 1192

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.

i5-4460 1068
+551%
Celeron N3150 164

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.

i5-4460 2960
+493%
Celeron N3150 499

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.

i5-4460 4813
+344%
Celeron N3150 1085

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.

i5-4460 17098
+372%
Celeron N3150 3624

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.

i5-4460 6350
+209%
Celeron N3150 2053

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.

i5-4460 11.47
+163%
Celeron N3150 30.11

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.

i5-4460 5
+274%
Celeron N3150 1

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i5-4460 496
+320%
Celeron N3150 118

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.

i5-4460 136
+325%
Celeron N3150 32

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.

i5-4460 1.52
+271%
Celeron N3150 0.41

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.

i5-4460 2.8
+241%
Celeron N3150 0.8

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.  

i5-4460 34
+275%
Celeron N3150 9

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.  

i5-4460 165
+267%
Celeron N3150 45

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.

i5-4460 3381
+270%
Celeron N3150 915

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

i5-4460 10203
+261%
Celeron N3150 2824

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

i5-4460 3292
+287%
Celeron N3150 850

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.08 0.75
Recency 11 May 2014 1 April 2015
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 6 Watt

i5-4460 has a 310.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Celeron N3150, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 1300% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-4460 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N3150 in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-4460 is a desktop processor while Celeron N3150 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-4460 and Celeron N3150, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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