Celeron J4115 vs i5-8250U

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-8250U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
3.88
+130%
Celeron J4115
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.69

Core i5-8250U outperforms Celeron J4115 by a whopping 130% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14482049
Place by popularity47not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency24.4815.99
Architecture codenameKaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)Gemini Lake (2019)
Release date21 August 2017 (7 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$297no data

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)4 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size123 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+-
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX-+
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 620Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory32 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes126
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

i5-8250U 3.88
+130%
Celeron J4115 1.69

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.

i5-8250U 6158
+129%
Celeron J4115 2687

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.

i5-8250U 5533
+165%
Celeron J4115 2087

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.

i5-8250U 17987
+142%
Celeron J4115 7426

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.

i5-8250U 6348
+72.4%
Celeron J4115 3683

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.

i5-8250U 8.06
+137%
Celeron J4115 19.09

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.

i5-8250U 6
+85.6%
Celeron J4115 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i5-8250U 562
+130%
Celeron J4115 244

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.

i5-8250U 143
+103%
Celeron J4115 71

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.

i5-8250U 1.64
+97.6%
Celeron J4115 0.83

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.

i5-8250U 3.5
+106%
Celeron J4115 1.7

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.  

i5-8250U 32
+82.6%
Celeron J4115 18

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.  

i5-8250U 138
+80.2%
Celeron J4115 76

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.

i5-8250U 3991
+232%
Celeron J4115 1203

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i5-8250U 3427
+141%
Celeron J4115 1421

Blender(-)

i5-8250U 900
Celeron J4115 2515
+180%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i5-8250U 925
+132%
Celeron J4115 399

7-Zip Single

i5-8250U 3706
+68.5%
Celeron J4115 2200

7-Zip

i5-8250U 15366
+102%
Celeron J4115 7614

WebXPRT 3

i5-8250U 168
+105%
Celeron J4115 82

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.88 1.69
Integrated graphics card 2.42 0.87
Recency 21 August 2017 4 November 2019
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

i5-8250U has a 129.6% higher aggregate performance score, 178.2% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

Celeron J4115, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-8250U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4115 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core i5-8250U is a notebook processor while Celeron J4115 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-8250U and Celeron J4115, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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