Celeron N4020C vs Xeon Silver 4314

Place in the ranking	325	2482
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	12.78	15.30
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	no data
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	1 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	32	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	24 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	86 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C 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	2	1
Socket	FCLGA4189	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size	6 TB	8 GB
Max memory channels	8	2
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	650 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C.

PCIe version	4.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	64	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
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.

Xeon Silver 4314 18.23
+1779%

Celeron N4020C 0.97

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.

Xeon Silver 4314 28954
+1787%

Celeron N4020C 1534

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.23	0.97
Recency	6 April 2021	1 January 2021
Physical cores	16	2
Threads	32	2
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	6 Watt

Xeon Silver 4314 has a 1779.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron N4020C, on the other hand, has 2150% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Silver 4314 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4020C in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4314 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron N4020C is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4314 and Celeron N4020C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.