Intel Celeron J3455 vs Intel Processor N97
Intel Celeron J3455
► remove from comparison
The Intel Celeron J3355 is a quad-core SoC primarily for inexpensive notebooks and Mini-PCs and was announced in late 2016. It runs at 1.5 - 2.3 GHz (Single Core Burst) and is based on the Apollo Lake platform. Similar to the Braswell predecessor, the chip is manufactured in a 14 nm process (P1273) with FinFETs. Besides two CPU cores, the chip also includes a DirectX 12 capable GPU as well as a DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4 memory controller (dual-channel, up to 1866/2400 MHz).
Architecture
For the first time in a couple of years, Intel completely reworked the CPU architecture of the Atom series. The manufacturer advertises performance gains of roughly 30 percent, but does not reveal any specifics about the individual changes. The new Goldmont architecture should therefore be roughly on par with AMD's Beema/Carrizo-L APUs in terms of per-MHz performance, but it still far behind the more expensive Core CPUs (like Skylake / Kaby Lake).
Performance
The CPU performance of the Celeron J3455 is between the mobile Celeron N3450 and Pentium N4200 in the lower range of mobile processors. Therefore, the CPU is best suited for light tasks with not much multitasking (office, browsing).
GPU Performance
The HD Graphics 500 (Apollo Lake) is based on Intel's Gen9 architecture, which supports DirectX 12 and is also used for the Kaby Lake / Skylake graphics adapters (like HD Graphics 520). Equipped with 12 EUs and a clock of up to 750 MHz, the performance should be roughly on par with the older HD Graphics (Braswell). This means only older and simpler titles will run smoothly.
The chip also includes an advanced video engine with hardware support for the playback of VP9 and H.265 material (8-bit color-depth).
Power Consumption
The Celeron J3455 is specified at 10 Watt TDP and therefore 4 Watts higher than the slightly faster Pentium N4200.
Intel Processor N97

The Intel Processor N97 is an entry-level mobile CPU for thin and light laptops from the Alder Lake-N series. It was announced in early 2023 and offers no performance cores and 4 of the 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The chip does not support HyperThreading and clocks with up to 3.7 GHz. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 6 MB L3-cache.
Performance
The performance should be between the Intel Processor N100 and Intel Processor N200 and clearly below the Core i3-N300 and N305 due to the reduced core count.
Features
The Alder Lake-N chips only support single channel memory with up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 or LPDDR5-4800. The chip also supports Quick Sync and AV1 decoding (most likely same engine as in Alder Lake). Furthermore, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 are partly integrated (but no Thunderbolt). External chips can be connected via PCIe Gen3 x9 (via the PCH).
The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and offers only 24 of the 32 EUs (Execution Units) operating at 1200 MHz. Due to the single channel memory, low clock speeds, and low shader count, the gaming performance of the iGPU is very limited.
Power consumption
The N97 has a base power consumption of 12 W and therefore double the amount of the N100. The CPU is built with a further improved 10nm SuperFin process at Intel (called Intel 7).
Model | Intel Celeron J3455 | Intel Processor N97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Apollo Lake | Alder Lake-N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Alder Lake-N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Alder Lake-N Alder Lake-N |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clock | 1500 - 2300 MHz | <=3600 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L2 Cache | 2 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 4 / 4 4 x 3.6 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TDP | 10 Watt | 12 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 14 nm | 10 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
max. Temp. | 105 °C | 105 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Socket | FCBGA1296 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | Intel HD Graphics 500 (12 EUs, 200 - 750 MHz), Quick Sync, AES-NI, max. 8 GB Dual-Channel DDR3L-1866/LPDDR3-1866/LPDDR4-2400 , 8x USB 3.0, 6x PCIe 2.0, 2x SATA 6.0 Gbit/s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | Intel HD Graphics 500 (250 - 750 MHz) | Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 1200 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | x86 | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$107 U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | ark.intel.com | ark.intel.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Intel Celeron J3455 → 100% n=2
Average Benchmarks Intel Processor N97 → 316% n=2

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation