Athlon II X3 450 vs Celeron J4115

Place in the ranking	2047	2362
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	4.89
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Gemini Lake	no data
Power efficiency	15.99	1.16
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake (2019)	Rana (2009−2011)
Release date	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)	21 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$45

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450 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	4 (Quad-Core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	4	3
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	169 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450 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
Socket	FCBGA1090	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
vPro	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 600	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	no data
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

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 J4115 1.69
+45.7%

Athlon II X3 450 1.16

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 J4115 2687
+45.5%

Athlon II X3 450 1847

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.69	1.16
Recency	4 November 2019	21 September 2010
Physical cores	4	3
Threads	4	3
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	95 Watt

Celeron J4115 has a 45.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 850% lower power consumption.

The Celeron J4115 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X3 450 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J4115 and Athlon II X3 450, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.