Celeron N5100 vs Pentium Gold 4417U

General info

Comparing Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1762	1750
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Kaby Lake Refresh	no data
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	15 February 2019 (5 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data
Current price	$423 (2.6x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356	FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	-	no data
Smart Response	+	-
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 610	Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory	32 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	950 MHz	800 MHz
Execution Units	12	24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Celeron N5100.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	8
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	14
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.

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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 N5100 outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	2.10	2.14
Integrated graphics card	1.84
Recency	15 February 2019	11 January 2021
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

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