Celeron G4900 vs Pentium N4200

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2229	2138
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.95
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	21.61	2.80
Architecture codename	Apollo Lake (2014−2016)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	1 September 2016 (8 years ago)	3 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$42

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900 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	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	31
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1296	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900. 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	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900 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 G4900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	8 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 505	Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory	8 GB	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	+
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	1.05 GHz
Execution Units	18	no data
InTru 3D	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	12
OpenGL	+	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron G4900.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.37	1.51
Integrated graphics card	0.94	1.89
Recency	1 September 2016	3 April 2018
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	54 Watt

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