Celeron N4100 vs Pentium N4200

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.40
Celeron N4100
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.58
+12.9%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by a moderate 13% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking21252017
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Celeron
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2016)Gemini Lake (2019)
Release date1 September 2016 (7 years ago)11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$107
Current price$352 (2.2x MSRP)$269 (2.5x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 deg C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100 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
SocketFCBGA1296FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP-no data
Smart Response--
GPIO++
Smart Connect-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
StatusLaunchedDiscontinued
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100 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 N4100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 505Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory8 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency750 MHz700 MHz
Execution Units1812

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Celeron N4100.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes66
USB revision2.0/3.02.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports22
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports22
Number of USB ports88
Integrated LAN--
UART++

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 1.40
Celeron N4100 1.58
+12.9%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 13% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium N4200 2170
Celeron N4100 2443
+12.6%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 13% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium N4200 272
Celeron N4100 313
+15.1%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 15% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium N4200 705
Celeron N4100 836
+18.6%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 19% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pentium N4200 1653
Celeron N4100 2013
+21.8%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 22% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium N4200 5217
Celeron N4100 5904
+13.2%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 13% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium N4200 2636
Celeron N4100 2805
+6.4%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 6% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pentium N4200 22.58
Celeron N4100 19.41
+16.3%

Pentium N4200 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 16% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Pentium N4200 2
Celeron N4100 2
+4.3%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 4% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pentium N4200 163
Celeron N4100 198
+21.5%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 21% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pentium N4200 52
Celeron N4100 69
+31.9%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 32% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pentium N4200 0.65
Celeron N4100 0.83
+27.7%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 28% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium N4200 1.4
Celeron N4100 1.7
+21.4%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 21% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium N4200 944
Celeron N4100 1139
+20.7%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 21% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium N4200 12
+1.9%
Celeron N4100 12

Pentium N4200 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 2% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium N4200 60
+3.1%
Celeron N4100 58

Pentium N4200 outperforms Celeron N4100 by 3% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium N4200 4595
Celeron N4100 5042
+9.7%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 10% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium N4200 1396
Celeron N4100 1629
+16.7%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 17% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Pentium N4200 4377
Celeron N4100 5123
+17%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 17% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Pentium N4200 1561
Celeron N4100 1825
+16.9%

Celeron N4100 outperforms Pentium N4200 by 17% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.40 1.58
Integrated graphics card 0.87 0.86
Recency 1 September 2016 11 December 2017
Cost $161 $107

The Celeron N4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N4200 in performance tests.


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