Intel Celeron N4020 vs Intel Core i7-2600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Core i7
• Generation
  9 2
• CPU group
  Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 Intel Core i 2000

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 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.80 GHz 3.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• 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 HD Graphics 2000
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.65 GHz 1.35 GHz
• Execution units
  12 6
• Shader
  96 48
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  9.5 6
• DirectX Version
  12 10.1
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2011

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-2600 and Intel Celeron N4020. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  6 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron N4020 and Intel Core i7-2600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron N4020 and Intel Celeron N4020, 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
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Sandy Bridge S
• Technology
  10 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1090 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q1/2011