Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Celeron N4000

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel Celeron N Series 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3300 points
587% significantly better overall score
480 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5283 points
416% significantly better gaming score
1022 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2715 points
677% significantly better multitasking score
349 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2606 points
673% significantly better heavy workload score
337 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-7700 and the Celeron N4000? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

74.17 points
1371% significantly higher Blender score
5.04 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4377 points
709% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
541 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1353 points
309% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
330 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4482 points
748% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
528 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1405 points
336% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
322 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
300% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
227% significantly higher clock speed
1.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
6 W
983% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
166% significantly more pcie lanes
6

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
8 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

500th of 1,089
1,074th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Celeron N Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7700 vs Celeron N4000 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700 beats the Celeron N4000 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron N4000 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-7700 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Celeron N4000 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Celeron N4000. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N4000. The Celeron N4000 outputs less heat than Core i7-7700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons