Celeron 2950M vs Pentium N4200

Primary Details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2096	2483
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Apollo Lake (2016)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)	1 September 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$75
Current price	$352 (2.2x MSRP)	$73 (1x MSRP)

Detailed Specifications

Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	118 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M 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	FCBGA1296	FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
SIPP	-	no data
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	-	no data
Status	Launched	Discontinued
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR3, DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics 505	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	no data
OpenGL	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 2950M.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	16
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no 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.

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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.

Pentium N4200 outperforms Celeron 2950M by 75% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	1.40	0.80
Recency	1 September 2016	1 September 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Cost	$161	$75
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	37 Watt

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