Intel Processor N250 vs Celeron N5100

We compared two 4-core CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Intel Processor N250 (desktop) against the 1.1 GHz Celeron N5100 (laptop). 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 N250
Advantages of Intel Processor N250
  • Newer - released 4 years and 1 month later
  • 2.6x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1268 vs 485 points
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 730 integrated graphics: 0.5 vs 0.3 TFLOPS
  • 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)
1268
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3248
File compression 294.9 MB/sec 152.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 16.6 Klines/sec 10.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 73.5 pages/sec 42.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 86.8 Mpixels/sec 54.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 142.8 pages/sec 91.6 pages/sec
Background blur 12.9 images/sec 3.28 images/sec
Photo processing 21.4 images/sec 6.23 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.29 Mpixels/sec 1.86 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 425 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
1863
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
4815
Integer math 16.1 GOps/sec 11.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 10.3 GOps/sec 7.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 22M Primes/sec 12M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 6.1M Strings/sec 5.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.6 GBytes/sec 2.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 49.7 MBytes/sec 41.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 365 Frames/sec 243 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 2.4B Matrices/sec 1.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 83 & 430 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 31.8 PPW 16.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 541.3 PPW 191.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 802.5 PPW 551 PPW
Blender / Watt - 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 N250 and Celeron N5100

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 7, 2025 January 11, 2021
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename - Jasper Lake
Model number N250 N5100
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 730 UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)

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) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 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
Desktop CPU ranking (#189th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730 Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 800 MHz
Shading Units 192 192
TMUs 48 12
ROPs 24 6
Execution Units 24 24
TGP 15 W 6-10 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.5 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
Max. Memory Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Processor N250 official page Intel Celeron N5100 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 8

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