Ryzen 5 5500U vs Celeron J4115

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J4115
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.69
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 25 Watt
8.19
+385%

Ryzen 5 5500U outperforms Celeron J4115 by a whopping 385% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2061929
Place by popularitynot in top-10019
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency15.9830.98
Architecture codenameGemini Lake (2019)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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
SocketFCBGA1090FP6
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
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 Ryzen 5 5500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
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 Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 600AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes612
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no 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
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.19
+385%

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
Ryzen 5 5500U 13009
+384%

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 J4115 2087
Ryzen 5 5500U 5313
+155%

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 J4115 7426
Ryzen 5 5500U 27437
+269%

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 J4115 3683
Ryzen 5 5500U 9185
+149%

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 J4115 19.09
Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22
+207%

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 J4115 3
Ryzen 5 5500U 11
+257%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Celeron J4115 244
Ryzen 5 5500U 1247
+411%

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 J4115 71
Ryzen 5 5500U 177
+151%

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 J4115 0.83
Ryzen 5 5500U 1.99
+140%

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 J4115 1.7
Ryzen 5 5500U 4.3
+153%

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 J4115 1203
Ryzen 5 5500U 3945
+228%

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 J4115 18
Ryzen 5 5500U 45
+159%

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 J4115 76
Ryzen 5 5500U 162
+113%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Celeron J4115 1421
Ryzen 5 5500U 5439
+283%

Blender(-)

Celeron J4115 2515
+504%
Ryzen 5 5500U 417

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Celeron J4115 399
Ryzen 5 5500U 1108
+178%

7-Zip Single

Celeron J4115 2200
Ryzen 5 5500U 4324
+96.6%

7-Zip

Celeron J4115 7614
Ryzen 5 5500U 33768
+344%

WebXPRT 3

Celeron J4115 82
Ryzen 5 5500U 206
+152%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.69 8.19
Integrated graphics card 0.87 7.47
Recency 4 November 2019 12 January 2021
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 25 Watt

Celeron J4115 has 150% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5500U, on the other hand, has a 384.6% higher aggregate performance score, 758.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4115 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J4115 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J4115 and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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