i5-13420H vs Celeron J4125

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J4125
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.86
Core i5-13420H
2023
8 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
11.51
+519%

Core i5-13420H outperforms Celeron J4125 by a whopping 519% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1998683
Place by popularitynot in top-10069
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.55no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Raptor Lake-H
Power efficiency17.6024.21
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Raptor Lake-H (2023)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache56 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size93 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size8 GB96 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 600Intel UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency750 MHz1.4 GHz
Execution Units1248

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.44.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes68
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 J4125 1.86
i5-13420H 11.51
+519%

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 J4125 2957
i5-13420H 18278
+518%

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 J4125 2112
i5-13420H 9302
+340%

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 J4125 7128
i5-13420H 47500
+566%

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 J4125 3740
i5-13420H 13996
+274%

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 J4125 3
i5-13420H 22
+603%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Celeron J4125 243
i5-13420H 1815
+647%

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 J4125 75
i5-13420H 242
+221%

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 J4125 0.85
i5-13420H 2.94
+246%

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 J4125 1.8
i5-13420H 9.6
+433%

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 J4125 1048
i5-13420H 5919
+465%

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 J4125 13
i5-13420H 112
+760%

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 J4125 61
i5-13420H 320
+422%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Celeron J4125 1394
i5-13420H 8336
+498%

Blender(-)

Celeron J4125 2391
+727%
i5-13420H 289

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Celeron J4125 455
i5-13420H 1664
+266%

7-Zip Single

Celeron J4125 2369
i5-13420H 5331
+125%

7-Zip

Celeron J4125 7494
i5-13420H 44970
+500%

WebXPRT 3

Celeron J4125 89
i5-13420H 263
+197%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Celeron J4125 68
i5-13420H 238
+249%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Celeron J4125 7856
+1465%
i5-13420H 502

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.86 11.51
Integrated graphics card 0.87 5.58
Recency 4 November 2019 4 January 2023
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt

Celeron J4125 has 350% lower power consumption.

i5-13420H, on the other hand, has a 518.8% higher aggregate performance score, 541.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, and 100% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Core i5-13420H is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4125 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J4125 is a desktop processor while Core i5-13420H is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J4125 and Core i5-13420H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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