Intel Celeron N4100 vs Intel Pentium 2020M

Compare Intel Celeron N Series 4 core CPU vs Intel Pentium 2000 Series 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

4% slightly better overall score

766 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1474 points

1683 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

609 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

544 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

584 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

523 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.25 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

10.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

775 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

711 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

311 points

409 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

821 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

667 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

308 points

391 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.1 GHz

2.4 GHz

118% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

6 W

483% significantly lower TDP

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

166% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

8 GiB

32 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,005th of 1,089

1,013th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Celeron N Series

Pentium 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Celeron N4100 vs Pentium 2020M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Celeron N4100 beats the Pentium 2020M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium 2020M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Celeron N4100 has significantly more cores than the Pentium 2020M. Indeed, the Celeron N4100 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium 2020M. It also has more threads than the Pentium 2020M. Our comparison shows that the Pentium 2020M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N4100. A Celeron N4100 CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium 2020M 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.