Celeron 4205U vs 3205U

Place in the ranking	2793	2554
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	3.77	5.40
Architecture codename	Broadwell-U (2015)	Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)	23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$107

Detailed specifications

Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus type	no data	OPI
Bus rate	5 GT/s	4 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	18
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	82 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1300 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1168	FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Smart Response	-	+
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	16 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel® Processors	Intel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	900 MHz
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.2/12	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 3205U and Celeron 4205U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	12	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron 3205U 0.60

Celeron 4205U 0.86
+43.3%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron 3205U 947

Celeron 4205U 1367
+44.4%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron 3205U 266

Celeron 4205U 355
+33.5%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron 3205U 479

Celeron 4205U 598
+24.8%