Pentium 4417U vs Celeron N4120

Place in the ranking	2118	2215
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Gemini Lake	no data
Power efficiency	24.76	8.90
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)	no data
Release date	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)	1 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s OPI
L2 cache	4 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	2 MB SmartCache
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U 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	FCBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
vPro	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	-	+
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.1 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 600	Intel HD Graphics 610
Max video memory	8 GB	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	700 MHz	950 MHz
Execution Units	12	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	6	12
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 N4120 1.57
+11.3%

Pentium 4417U 1.41

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 2490
+11.1%

Pentium 4417U 2242

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.57	1.41
Integrated graphics card	0.87	1.85
Recency	4 November 2019	1 January 2019
Physical cores	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

Celeron N4120 has a 11.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, 100% more physical cores, and 150% lower power consumption.

Pentium 4417U, on the other hand, has 112.6% faster integrated GPU.

The Celeron N4120 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4417U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N4120 and Pentium 4417U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.