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Intel Celeron N4000 vs Intel Core i7-7660U

Intel Celeron N4000

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The Intel Celeron N4000 is a dual-core SoC designed for affordable laptops and mini-PCs and was announced late 2017. It runs at 1.1 GHz to 2.6 GHz (Single Core Burst, Multi Core Burst maxes out at 2.5 GHz) and is based on the Gemini Lake platform. Similar to the Apollo Lake predecessor, the chip is manufactured on a 14 nm process with FinFETs but offers slightly improved processor cores, double the amount of L2 cache, all in a smaller package. Partial Wi-Fi 5 support is baked into the chip. Besides two CPU cores, the chip also includes a DirectX 12 capable GPU as well as a DDR4/LPDDR4 memory controller (dual-channel, up to 2400 MHz). The SoC is not replaceable as it is directly soldered to the mainboard.

Architecture

The processor architecture was slightly reworked and is now called Goldmont Plus. It features a larger L2 cache (4 MB). That means the per-clock-performance should be a bit better, but not anywhere near the Core CPUs like Kaby Lake Y.

Performance

The average N4000 in our database only just matches the Core i5-4300Y, a fairly old dual-core processor of nearly the same energy efficiency, in multi-thread performance. In other words, the Celeron is a very slow processor that's good enough for the most basic of tasks only. Expect long load times no matter the app.

Graphics

The UHD Graphics 600 (Gemini Lake) is based on Intel's Generation 9 architecture, which supports DirectX 12 and is also used for the Kaby Lake / Skylake / Apollo Lake graphics adapters (like HD Graphics 520). Equipped with 12 EUs and a clock of up to 650 MHz, the performance should be roughly on par with the older HD Graphics 500 (Apollo Lake).

The chip also includes an advanced video engine with hardware support for the playback of VP9 and H.265 (8-bit color-depth).

Power consumption

Like most other N-class Intel chips, the Celeron N4000 has a 6 W TDP (also known as the long-term power limit). This is not much at all, allowing laptop makers to build passively cooled laptops, tablets, mini-PCs around the chip. The SoC can briefly consume up to 15 W, though, depending on how a system is configured.

Last but not the least, this Celeron is manufactured on one of the old 14 nm Intel processes leading to poor, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i7-7660U

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The Intel Core i7-7660U is a fast dual-core SoC for notebooks and Ultrabooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. The CPU has two processor cores clocked at 2.5-4 GHz (two cores up to 3.8 GHz). The processor can execute up to four threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper Threading. It is also equipped with an Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 GPU with 64 MB eDRAm, a dual-channel memory controller (DDR4) as well as VP9 and H.265 video decoding as well as encoding. The chip is still manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Compared to the Core i7-7600U, the 7660 does have a higher single-core Turbo of 4 GHz (+100 MHz), but a lower dual-core Turbo (-100 MHz) and a lower base frequency (-300 MHz). However, the CPU part can also use the 64 MB eDRAM as L5 cache.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

At 2.5-4 GHz, the Core i7-7660U has a slightly lower frequency (except for the single-core Turbo) compared to the Core i7-7600U, but the CPU part can also use the 64 MB eDRAM, so the performance should be similar.

Graphics

The integrated Intel Iris Plus 640 Graphics is the GT3e model of the Kaby Lake GPU (Intel Gen. 9.5). It has 48 Execution Units running at 300-1050 MHz and the performance is comparable to a GeForce 920MX thanks to fast eDRAM cache. However, there aren't any significant improvements compared to the old Iris Pro 540, so modern games can often not be played smoothly or only at the lowest or medium settings, respectively.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby lake now also supports H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors announced in January should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 15 Watts, which is typical for ULV chips. Depending on the usage scenario, the TDP can vary between 7.5 (cTDP Down) and 25 Watts.

ModelIntel Celeron N4000Intel Core i7-7660U
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeIntel Kaby Lake
CodenameGemini LakeKaby Lake
Series: Kaby Lake Kaby Lake
Intel Celeron J4105 compare1.5 - 2.5 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 compare1.1 - 2.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron J4005 compare2 - 2.7 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron J4115 compare1.8 - 2.5 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N4100 compare1.1 - 2.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N4000 « 1.1 - 2.6 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Core i7-7700K compare4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 compare3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 compare3.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ compare3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K compare3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 compare3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500 compare3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U compare3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U « 2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U compare2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T compare2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U compare3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U compare2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U compare3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U compare2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U compare2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U compare2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H compare3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U compare2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y75 compare1.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y57 compare1.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y54 compare1.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y32 compare1 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y30 compare1 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U compare2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock1100 - 2600 MHz2500 - 4000 MHz
L2 Cache4 MB512 KB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
TDP6 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.105 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1090BGA1356
FeaturesDDR4-2400/LPDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 2, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, Turbo, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGXDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 600 (200 - 650 MHz)Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (300 - 1050 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$107 U.S.$415 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.com
L1 Cache128 KB
L3 Cache4 MB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - Celeron N4000
15.2 pt (21%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
160 Points (18%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
273 Points (1%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 121     avg: 132.7     median: 138 (1%)     max: 139 Points
min: 397     avg: 403.5     median: 403.5 (3%)     max: 410 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 65     avg: 70.3     median: 70.9 (21%)     max: 75 Points
min: 154     avg: 158.5     median: 158.5 (48%)     max: 163 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1.7 Points (2%)
min: 4.39     avg: 4.5     median: 4.5 (6%)     max: 4.55 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
0.9 Points (22%)
min: 1.84     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (46%)     max: 1.89 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
2152 Points (13%)
min: 6126     avg: 6170     median: 6169.5 (37%)     max: 6213 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
4030 Points (3%)
min: 13779     avg: 13809     median: 13808.5 (10%)     max: 13838 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
1007 s (12%)
min: 433     avg: 435.5     median: 435.5 (5%)     max: 438 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
31.9 s (6%)
min: 12.6     avg: 12.9     median: 12.9 (3%)     max: 13.2 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
760 Points (1%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
4114 MIPS (2%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
2298 MIPS (27%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
9.5 fps (3%)
min: 25     avg: 25.3     median: 25.3 (9%)     max: 25.6 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
47.3 fps (11%)
min: 134     avg: 136.5     median: 136.5 (31%)     max: 139 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
0.8 fps (1%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.1 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.1 GB/s (2%)
0.4 GB/s (7%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
0.9 GB/s (2%)
2.4 GB/s (6%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
4736 Seconds (33%)
1257 Seconds (9%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
1.7 sec (36%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
2259 Points (5%)
min: 5193     avg: 5227     median: 5226.5 (11%)     max: 5260 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
25.3 s (5%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
57.5 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
1295 s (6%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 1638     avg: 1713     median: 1712.5 (5%)     max: 1787 Points
min: 4463     avg: 5069     median: 5230 (14%)     max: 5513 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
57582 Points (49%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 3823     avg: 3936     median: 3935.5 (10%)     max: 4048 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
1974 Points (4%)
min: 5412     avg: 5561     median: 5560.5 (10%)     max: 5709 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 1979     avg: 1990     median: 1989.5 (8%)     max: 2000 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
1389 Points (16%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 431     avg: 433.5     median: 433.5 (18%)     max: 436 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 797     avg: 802     median: 801.5 (1%)     max: 806 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
434 Points (2%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
791 Points (2%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1862 Points (19%)
4786 Points (48%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
3219 Points (4%)
9320 Points (10%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4603 Points (63%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
8952 Points (22%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
8570 Points (13%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4074 Points (61%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2306     avg: 2382     median: 2381.5 (3%)     max: 2457 ms
min: 927     avg: 938     median: 937.5 (1%)     max: 948 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
446.5 ms (5%)
min: 65.2     avg: 65.6     median: 65.6 (1%)     max: 66 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
15679 Points (14%)
min: 35767     avg: 36437     median: 36436.5 (33%)     max: 37106 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 71.2     avg: 78.6     median: 78.6 (16%)     max: 86 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
6152 Points (32%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
22786 Points (49%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
7604 Points (50%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
10205 Points (51%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 39.2     avg: 40     median: 40 (7%)     max: 40.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 39.2     avg: 40     median: 40 (7%)     max: 40.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 9.73     avg: 10.1     median: 10.1 (8%)     max: 10.5 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Celeron N4000 → 100% n=22

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7660U → 235% n=22

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