Celeron N3160 vs Pentium Gold 4417U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 4417U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.08
+174%
Celeron N3160
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.76

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms Celeron N3160 by a whopping 174% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18952651
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Kaby Lake RefreshIntel Celeron
Power efficiency12.8817.65
Architecture codenameKaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date15 February 2019 (5 years ago)15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.24 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cache2 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160 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)
SocketFCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
MPX+-
Identity Protection-+
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 610Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)
Max video memory32 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency950 MHz640 MHz
Execution Units1212

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12+
OpenGL4.4+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N3160.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes124
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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 2.08
+174%
Celeron N3160 0.76

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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 3240
+173%
Celeron N3160 1187

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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 421
+148%
Celeron N3160 170

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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 883
+70.8%
Celeron N3160 517

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.08 0.76
Integrated graphics card 1.85 0.62
Recency 15 February 2019 15 January 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Gold 4417U has a 173.7% higher aggregate performance score, 198.4% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 3 years.

Celeron N3160, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold 4417U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N3160 in performance tests.


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