Celeron N4120 vs Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U
2018
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.61
+130%
Celeron N4120
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.57

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U outperforms Celeron N4120 by a whopping 130% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15082118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency22.7824.76
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date8 January 2018 (6 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.6 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120 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
SocketFP5FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Celeron N4120.

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 3.61
+130%
Celeron N4120 1.57

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 5737
+130%
Celeron N4120 2490

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 2156
+42.9%
Celeron N4120 1509

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.61 1.57
Integrated graphics card 3.04 0.87
Recency 8 January 2018 4 November 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U has a 129.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 249.4% faster integrated GPU.

Celeron N4120, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4120 in performance tests.


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