Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Core i3-5015U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 Intel Core i 5000U
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Core i3
• Generation
  8 5
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.24 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.24 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  12 11.2
• Execution units
  12 24
• Generation
  8 8
• GPU Frequency
  320 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 400 Intel HD Graphics 5500
• GPU Turbo
  640 MHz 850 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q1/2015
• Shader
  96 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-5015U and Intel Celeron N3160. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  4 12
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron N3160 and Intel Core i3-5015U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  6 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron N3160 and Intel Core i3-5015U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Braswell Broadwell U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q1/2015
• Socket
  BGA 1170 BGA 1168
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d