i7-1260P vs Celeron J4125

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J4125
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.86
Core i7-1260P
2022
12 cores / 16 threads, 28 Watt
10.70
+475%

Core i7-1260P outperforms Celeron J4125 by a whopping 475% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4125 and Core i7-1260P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1998733
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.55no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiency17.5936.14
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Alder Lake-P (2022)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years 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 i7-1260P 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz4.7 GHz
L1 cache56 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size93 mm2217 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4125 and Core i7-1260P 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 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i7-1260P. 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++
FMA-+
AVX-+
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 i7-1260P 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 i7-1260P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i7-1260P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 600Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency750 MHz1.4 GHz
Execution Units1296

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4125 and Core i7-1260P 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 i7-1260P 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 i7-1260P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.44.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4125 and Core i7-1260P.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes620
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
i7-1260P 10.70
+475%

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
i7-1260P 17004
+475%

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
i7-1260P 8793
+316%

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
i7-1260P 44516
+525%

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
i7-1260P 12964
+247%

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 J4125 17.37
i7-1260P 4.49
+287%

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
i7-1260P 22
+619%

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
i7-1260P 1626
+569%

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
i7-1260P 243
+223%

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
i7-1260P 3.1
+265%

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
i7-1260P 11.6
+544%

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
i7-1260P 7200
+587%

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
i7-1260P 94
+621%

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
i7-1260P 245
+299%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Celeron J4125 1394
i7-1260P 9298
+567%

Blender(-)

Celeron J4125 2391
+629%
i7-1260P 328

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Celeron J4125 455
i7-1260P 1719
+278%

7-Zip Single

Celeron J4125 2369
i7-1260P 5373
+127%

7-Zip

Celeron J4125 7494
i7-1260P 41261
+451%

WebXPRT 3

Celeron J4125 89
i7-1260P 283
+219%

CrossMark Overall

Celeron J4125 340
i7-1260P 1662
+389%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Celeron J4125 68
i7-1260P 247
+262%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Celeron J4125 7856
+1161%
i7-1260P 623

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.86 10.70
Recency 4 November 2019 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 28 Watt

Celeron J4125 has 180% lower power consumption.

i7-1260P, on the other hand, has a 475.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 200% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Core i7-1260P is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4125 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J4125 is a desktop processor while Core i7-1260P is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J4125 and Core i7-1260P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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