Intel Celeron N4100 vs Intel Core i5-8250U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Core i5
• Generation
  9 8
• CPU group
  Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 Intel Core i 8000U

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.10 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.40 GHz 2.30 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 600 Intel UHD Graphics 620
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.70 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  12 24
• Shader
  96 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2016

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8250U and Intel Celeron N4100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  6 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron N4100 and Intel Core i5-8250U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron N4100 and Intel Celeron N4100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Kaby Lake U Refresh
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1090 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2017