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Intel Celeron N5100 vs Intel Celeron N3160. Specifications

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Released
Q4/2021
Intel Celeron N5100
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Intel Celeron N3160
Intel Celeron N3160

What's the best choice Intel Celeron N5100 or Intel Celeron N3160? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Celeron N5100 has a base frequency of 1.10 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 6 W. Released in Q4/2021.

Intel Celeron N3160 has a base frequency of 1.60 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 6 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 25% higher specified turbo frequency

    2.80 GHz left arrow 2.24 GHz
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 45% better clock speed

    1.60 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Celeron N3160 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    1014 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    980 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1228 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1176 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1417 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    839 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    769 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    757 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    728 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    304 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1044 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Celeron N5000 left arrow Intel Celeron J3000/N3000
  • Family
    Intel Celeron left arrow Intel Celeron
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 8
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    -- Tremont left arrow -
  • Base Frequency
    1.1 GHz left arrow 1.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    2.8 GHz left arrow 2.24 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    2.2 GHz left arrow 2.24 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.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow 12
  • Generation
    11 left arrow 8
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow 320 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Elkhart Lake) left arrow Intel HD Graphics 400
  • GPU Turbo
    800 MHz left arrow 640 MHz
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q1/2015
  • Shader
    192 left arrow 96
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron N3160 and Intel Celeron N5100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 4
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 2.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron N5100 and Intel Celeron N3160 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    6 W left arrow 6 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    20 W left arrow -
  • TDP down
    4.8 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron N5100 and Intel Celeron N3160, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Jasper Lake left arrow Braswell
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • L2-Cache
    1.5 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 2 MB
  • Release date
    Q4/2021 left arrow Q1/2016
  • Socket
    BGA 1090 left arrow BGA 1170
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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