Intel Celeron N4100 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Compare Intel Celeron N Series 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

797 points
818 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1474 points
1767 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

609 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
586 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

584 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
563 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.25 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
10.18 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

775 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
622 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

311 points
352 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

821 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
615 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

308 points
373 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.1 GHz
3 GHz
172% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

6 W
983% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,005th of 1,089
999th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Celeron N Series
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2008 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Celeron N4100 vs Core 2 Duo E8400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Celeron N4100 beats the Core 2 Duo E8400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E8400 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Celeron N4100 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core 2 Duo E8400 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E8400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N4100. A Celeron N4100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Celeron N4100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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