Intel Celeron N3150 vs Intel Core i7-3517U

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Intel Celeron N3150 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-3517U
Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Core i7-3517U

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron N3150 or Intel Core i7-3517U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Celeron N3150 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.08 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N3150 was released in Q2/2015.

The Intel Core i7-3517U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-3517U was released in Q2/2012.
Intel Celeron Family Intel Core i7
Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 CPU group Intel Core i 3000U
8 Generation 3
Braswell Architecture Ivy Bridge U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron N3150 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N3150 is 1.60 GHz (2.08 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-3517U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3517U is at --.

4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
2.08 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
2.08 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron N3150 or Intel Core i7-3517U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel HD Graphics 400 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
0.32 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.64 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
8 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
12 Execution units 16
96 Shader 128
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.0

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron N3150 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-3517U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR3-1600
8 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
L2 Cache
2.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version
4 PCIe lanes

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron N3150 is 6 W, while the Intel Core i7-3517U has a TDP of 17 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4 W TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron N3150 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-3517U is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

14 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
BGA 1170 Socket BGA 1023
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2015 Release date Q2/2012
-- Release price 260 $
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
223 (100%)
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
467 (100%)
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
169 (32%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
521 (100%)
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
525 (51%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1031 (100%)
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
218 (37%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
592 (100%)
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
765 (65%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1171 (100%)
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.64 GHz
134 (46%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz
294 (100%)
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
1205 (59%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2031 (100%)
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
35 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
126 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
876 (35%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2521 (100%)
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
2935 (57%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
5156 (100%)
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
0.41 (34%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1.2 (100%)
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
4C 4T @ 2.08 GHz
1.55 (57%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2.7 (100%)
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Celeron N3150
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.64 GHz
13.3 (97%)
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz
13.7 (100%)
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL) results



Devices using this processor

Intel Celeron N3150 Intel Core i7-3517U
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