Celeron 3955U vs Pentium N4200

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.36
+46.2%
Celeron 3955U
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.93

Pentium N4200 outperforms Celeron 3955U by a considerable 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22462525
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Celeron
Power efficiency21.455.87
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date1 September 2016 (8 years ago)15 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data20
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data98.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U 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)
SocketFCBGA1296FCBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-+
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key++
MPX+-
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard+-
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U are enumerated here.

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 3955U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3, DDR4DDR4-1866/2133, LPDDR3-1600/1866, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory size8 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 505Intel HD Graphics 510
Max video memory8 GB32 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency750 MHz900 MHz
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron 3955U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes612
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.

Pentium N4200 1.36
+46.2%
Celeron 3955U 0.93

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 N4200 2165
+46.5%
Celeron 3955U 1478

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 N4200 275
Celeron 3955U 428
+55.6%

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 N4200 723
Celeron 3955U 762
+5.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.36 0.93
Integrated graphics card 0.93 1.61
Recency 1 September 2016 15 August 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium N4200 has a 46.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 150% lower power consumption.

Celeron 3955U, on the other hand, has 73.1% faster integrated GPU.

The Pentium N4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 3955U in performance tests.


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