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Intel Core i3-N305 vs Intel Celeron N4020. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2022
Intel Core i3-N305
Intel Core i3-N305
Released
Q4/2019
Overall score
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Intel Celeron N4020
Intel Celeron N4020

What's the best choice Intel Core i3-N305 or Intel Celeron N4020? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i3-N305 has a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Intel Celeron N4020 has a maximum frequency of 1.10 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 6 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    978 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 39% better clock speed

    1.80 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • More number of cores

    6 times more cores

    8 left arrow 2
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 26% better overclocked clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i3-N305 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    523 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    564 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    538 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    521 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1615 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.4 times less performance per watt

    6 W left arrow 15 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Celeron N4020 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    2 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    988 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1150 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1348 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1499 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i3-N305 Intel Core i3-N305
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Intel Core i3 left arrow Intel Celeron
  • CPU group
    Intel Core i N300 left arrow Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 9
CPU Technical specs

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.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Frequency
    1.80 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
IGPU

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 770 left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 600
  • GPU frequency
    0.30 GHz left arrow 0.20 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.30 GHz left arrow 0.65 GHz
  • Execution units
    32 left arrow 12
  • Shader
    256 left arrow 96
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    11 left arrow 9.5
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2021 left arrow Q4/2017
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron N4020 and Intel Core i3-N305. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Celeron N4020 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    15 W left arrow 6 W
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Core i3-N305, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    BGA left arrow BGA 1090
  • L2-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    6.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Alder Lake N left arrow Gemini Lake
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow Q4/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Celeron N4020.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1025
Intel Core i3-N305
486
Intel Celeron N4020
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
4420
Intel Core i3-N305
896
Intel Celeron N4020
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
665
Intel Core i3-N305
125
Intel Celeron N4020

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