Intel Processor N100 vs Celeron N5100

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Processor N100 against the 1.1 GHz Celeron N5100. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between N5100 and N100
Advantages of Intel Processor N100
  • 2.5x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1216 vs 485 points
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1216
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
2595
File compression 227.3 MB/sec 152.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 12.6 Klines/sec 10.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 65.5 pages/sec 42.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 86.6 Mpixels/sec 54.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 144.1 pages/sec 91.6 pages/sec
Background blur 11.6 images/sec 3.28 images/sec
Photo processing 22.6 images/sec 6.23 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.1 Mpixels/sec 1.86 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 677 & 425 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
1881
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
5308
Integer math 16 GOps/sec 11.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.7 GOps/sec 7.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 22M Primes/sec 12M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 7.1M Strings/sec 5.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4 GBytes/sec 2.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 57.1 MBytes/sec 41.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 385 Frames/sec 243 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 2.9B Matrices/sec 1.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4052 & 430 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
34.3

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.5 PPW 16.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 432.5 PPW 191.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 884.7 PPW 551 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.72 PPW 2.07 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Processor N100 and Celeron N5100

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 January 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Jasper Lake
Model number N100 N5100
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (24EU) UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
Successor - Intel Processor N150 -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 4
P-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (P) - 1.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 11x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) -
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 384K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 6 W 6 W
Socket BGA-1264 BGA-1338
Peak Temperature 105°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (24EU) Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
GPU Boost Clock 750 MHz 800 MHz
Shading Units 192 192
TMUs 12 12
ROPs 6 6
Execution Units 24 24
TGP 6-10 W 6-10 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.3 TFLOPS
0.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
- DDR4-2933
- LPDDR4x-2933
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Processor N100 official page Intel Celeron N5100 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 8

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