i7-12700K vs Celeron J4025

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J4025
2019
2 cores / 2 threads, 10 Watt
0.93
Core i7-12700K
2021
12 cores / 20 threads, 125 Watt
21.78
+2242%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Celeron J4025 by a whopping 2242% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2526244
Place by popularitynot in top-10073
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.6741.84
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7
Power efficiency8.8016.48
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Alder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont (2021)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)4 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$409

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i7-12700K has 1467% better value for money than Celeron J4025.

Detailed specifications

Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K 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 cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speed2 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 4.0
Bus rateno data8 × 16 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache56 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size93 mm2215.25 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K 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 configuration11
SocketIntel BGA 1090FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.805 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 600 (250 - 700 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.5 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4025 and Core i7-12700K.

PCIe version2.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes620

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 J4025 0.93
i7-12700K 21.78
+2242%

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 J4025 1477
i7-12700K 34598
+2242%

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 J4025 329
i7-12700K 2555
+677%

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 J4025 539
i7-12700K 13786
+2458%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron J4025 2337
i7-12700K 9305
+298%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron J4025 4556
i7-12700K 63484
+1293%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron J4025 2575
i7-12700K 16827
+553%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron J4025 31.07
i7-12700K 2.66
+1068%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron J4025 2
i7-12700K 38
+2020%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Celeron J4025 148
i7-12700K 3325
+2147%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Celeron J4025 77
i7-12700K 272
+253%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Celeron J4025 0.96
i7-12700K 3.29
+243%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Celeron J4025 1
i7-12700K 15.7
+1470%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Celeron J4025 783
i7-12700K 10389
+1227%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Celeron J4025 11
i7-12700K 179
+1589%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Celeron J4025 53
i7-12700K 350
+558%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Celeron J4025 927
i7-12700K 14016
+1412%

Blender(-)

Celeron J4025 3792
+2091%
i7-12700K 173

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Celeron J4025 500
i7-12700K 1912
+282%

7-Zip Single

Celeron J4025 2636
i7-12700K 6270
+138%

7-Zip

Celeron J4025 4955
i7-12700K 73439
+1382%

WebXPRT 3

Celeron J4025 89
i7-12700K 304
+240%

CrossMark Overall

Celeron J4025 362
i7-12700K 1999
+452%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.93 21.78
Integrated graphics card 0.87 6.16
Recency 4 November 2019 4 November 2021
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 20
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 125 Watt

Celeron J4025 has 1150% lower power consumption.

i7-12700K, on the other hand, has a 2241.9% higher aggregate performance score, 608% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 500% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i7-12700K is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4025 in performance tests.


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