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Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Atom C2538
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Celeron N3160
97 %
4C / 4T · 2.24 GHz
Intel Atom C2538
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Celeron N3160
94 %
4C / 4T · 2.24 GHz
Intel Atom C2538
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
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FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
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Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
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Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N3160 | Intel Atom C2538 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Celeron (165) | Intel Atom (108) |
| CPU group | Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10) | Intel Atom C2000 (7) |
| Architecture | Braswell | Avoton |
| Technology | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | BGA 1170 | BGA 1283 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N3160 | Intel Atom C2538 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 1.60 GHz | 2.40 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 2.24 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.24 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N3160 | Intel Atom C2538 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 400 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.32 - 0.64 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 12 / 96 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N3160 | Intel Atom C2538 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N3160 | Intel Atom C2538 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 4 | 2.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 2.0 GB/s | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N3160 | Intel Atom C2538 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 4 W | |
| T. junction max. | 90 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N3160 | Intel Atom C2538 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q1/2016 | Q3/2013 |
| Release price | 104 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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