Celeron N4000C vs Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE outperforms Celeron N4000C by a whopping 226% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1892 | 2798 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 3.19 | 5.71 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Picasso (2019−2022) | no data |
| Release date | 21 July 2020 (5 years ago) | 1 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 210 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 deg C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C 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 | AM4 | FCBGA1090 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | no data | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | Intel UHD Graphics 600 |
| Max video memory | no data | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 650 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 12 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| MIPI-DSI | no data | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Celeron N4000C.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | 6 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 8 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | - |
| UART | no data | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.64 | 0.81 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.60 | 0.76 |
| Recency | 21 July 2020 | 1 April 2019 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE has a 225.9% higher aggregate performance score, 242.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
Celeron N4000C, on the other hand, has 483.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron N4000C in performance tests.
Note that Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is a desktop processor while Celeron N4000C is a notebook one.
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