Celeron N3160 vs V-Series V120

Primary details

Comparing V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2652
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD V-SeriesIntel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data17.74
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.24 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualizationno data
AES-NI-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
VT-ino data-
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Braswell)
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data640 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron N3160.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 15 January 2016
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N3160 has an age advantage of 5 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

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