Celeron N4120 vs Atom D2500

Place in the ranking	3314	2118
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Gemini Lake
Power efficiency	1.42	24.75
Architecture codename	Cedarview (2011−2012)	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date	1 November 2011 (13 years ago)	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom D2500 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.87 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	66 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	176 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2500 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA559	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
AMT	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data

Security technologies

Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	+
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 Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel GMA	Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	700 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	8	8
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.

Atom D2500 0.15

Celeron N4120 1.57
+947%

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.

Atom D2500 241

Celeron N4120 2490
+933%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.15	1.57
Integrated graphics card	0.01	0.87
Recency	1 November 2011	4 November 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	6 Watt

Celeron N4120 has a 946.7% higher aggregate performance score, 8600% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Celeron N4120 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom D2500 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom D2500 and Celeron N4120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.