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Intel Celeron J3455 vs Intel Processor N97

Intel Celeron J3455

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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

Intel 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).

ModelIntel Celeron J3455Intel Processor N97
CodenameApollo LakeAlder Lake-N
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Alder Lake-N
Series: Alder Lake-N Alder Lake-N
Intel Celeron J3455 « 1.5 - 2.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N3450 compare1.1 - 2.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron J3355 compare2 - 2.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N3350 compare1.1 - 2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Core i3-N305 compare1.8 - 3.8 GHz8 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-N300 compare - 3.8 GHz8 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N200 compare1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N97 « - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N95 compare - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N100 compare1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N50 compare1 - 3.4 GHz2 / 2 cores6 MB L3
Clock1500 - 2300 MHz <=3600 MHz
L2 Cache2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
4 x 3.6 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core
TDP10 Watt12 Watt
Technology14 nm10 nm
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C
SocketFCBGA1296
FeaturesIntel 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
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 500 (250 - 750 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$107 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
L3 Cache6 MB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - N97
25.8 pt (43%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 N97 +
63 Points (35%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 N97 +
192 Points (4%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 N97 +
2913 Points (3%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 N97 +
973 Points (41%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
1 N97 +
371 Points (40%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
1 N97 +
1115 Points (3%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 N97 +
479 Points (3%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 N97 +
161 Points (45%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 N97 +
6 Points (8%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 N97 +
1.9 Points (46%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 N97 +
5445 Points (33%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 N97 +
15323 Points (11%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 N97 +
24158 Points (15%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 N97 +
8567 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 N97 +
523 s (6%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 N97 +
16.8 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 N97 +
2321 Points (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
100%
1 N97 +
13174 MIPS (8%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
100%
1 N97 +
4019 MIPS (47%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 N97 +
34.9 fps (1%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 N97 +
174.8 fps (4%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
100%
1 N97 +
3.5 fps (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 N97 +
0.3 GB/s (8%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 N97 +
0.5 GB/s (9%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 N97 +
2.9 GB/s (8%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 N97 +
2014 Seconds (26%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
100%
1 N97 +
1020 Seconds (7%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 N97 +
0.8 sec (17%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 N97 +
6461 Points (14%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 N97 +
18.4 s (4%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 N97 +
38.3 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 N97 +
786 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 N97 +
15578 Points (12%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 N97 +
6118 Points (15%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 N97 +
50003 Points (41%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 N97 +
50545 Points (41%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 N97 +
52858 Points (42%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 N97 +
4565 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 N97 +
6473 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
100%
1 N97 +
2493 Points (11%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
100%
1 N97 +
1300 Points (31%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
100%
1 N97 +
3181 Points (12%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
100%
1 N97 +
1247 Points (40%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
100%
1 N97 +
3029 Points (12%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
293 Points (11%)
362%
N97 +
1060 Points (40%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
1024 Points (2%)
269%
N97 +
2757 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N97 +
1052 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N97 +
2738 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N97 +
4703 Points (47%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N97 +
10893 Points (11%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 N97 +
975 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 N97 +
145.3 Points (40%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 N97 +
191.4 Points (34%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 N97 +
844 Points (32%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N97 +
37.1 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N97 +
28.4 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N97 +
13.5 Watt (9%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Celeron J3455 → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks Intel Processor N97 → 316% n=2

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