Celeron N4500 vs N4120

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4120
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.62
+25.6%

Celeron N4120 outperforms Celeron N4500 by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20992294
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Gemini Lakeno data
Power efficiency24.6219.60
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date4 November 2019 (4 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
L2 cache4 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response--
GPIO++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 600Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency700 MHz750 MHz
Execution Units1216

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4120 and Celeron N4500.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes68
USB revision2.0/3.02.0/3.2
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports22
Number of USB ports814
Integrated LAN--
UART++

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 N4120 1.62
+25.6%
Celeron N4500 1.29

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 N4120 2480
+26%
Celeron N4500 1969

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 N4120 320
Celeron N4500 438
+36.9%

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 N4120 770
+8.3%
Celeron N4500 711

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 N4120 3403
+65.8%
Celeron N4500 2053

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 N4120 17.56
+186%
Celeron N4500 50.2

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 N4120 3
+27.6%
Celeron N4500 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Celeron N4120 224
+31%
Celeron N4500 171

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 N4120 73
Celeron N4500 82
+12%

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 N4120 0.88
Celeron N4500 1.04
+18.2%

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 N4120 1.8
+63.6%
Celeron N4500 1.1

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Celeron N4120 1509
+48.2%
Celeron N4500 1018

Blender(-)

Celeron N4120 2571
Celeron N4500 4249
+65.3%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Celeron N4120 439
Celeron N4500 594
+35.3%

7-Zip Single

Celeron N4120 2279
Celeron N4500 2853
+25.2%

7-Zip

Celeron N4120 7184
+33.2%
Celeron N4500 5394

WebXPRT 3

Celeron N4120 86
Celeron N4500 95
+9.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.62 1.29
Integrated graphics card 0.87 5.57
Recency 4 November 2019 11 January 2021
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

Celeron N4120 has a 25.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron N4500, on the other hand, has 540.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron N4120 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4500 in performance tests.


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