Celeron N4120 vs Steam Deck OLED APU

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Aggregate performance score

Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.59
+192%
Celeron N4120
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.57

Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Celeron N4120 by a whopping 192% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Celeron N4120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13032118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency28.9424.75
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography6 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
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-

Security technologies

Steam Deck OLED APU 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 Steam Deck OLED APU and Celeron N4120 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

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

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 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 Steam Deck OLED APU 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 Steam Deck OLED APU 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 Steam Deck OLED APU and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Celeron N4120.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
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.

Steam Deck OLED APU 4.59
+192%
Celeron N4120 1.57

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Steam Deck OLED APU 689
+208%
Celeron N4120 224

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 4457
+195%
Celeron N4120 1509

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 1486
+238%
Celeron N4120 439

7-Zip

Steam Deck OLED APU 19684
+174%
Celeron N4120 7184

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.59 1.57
Recency 9 November 2023 4 November 2019
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 6 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 192.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron N4120, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4120 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and Celeron N4120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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