Celeron N4120 vs 430

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 430 and Celeron N4120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2074
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Gemini Lake
Architecture codenameConroe-L (2007−2008)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release dateJune 2007 (17 years ago)4 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$50no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 430 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speed1.8 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size77 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature60 °C105 °C
Number of transistors105 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 430 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 430 and Celeron N4120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Celeron 430 and Celeron N4120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
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 Celeron 430 and Celeron N4120 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 430 and Celeron N4120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel 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 Celeron 430 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 Celeron 430 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 Celeron 430 and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 430 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.


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.

Celeron 430 280
Celeron N4120 2480
+786%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron 430 155
Celeron N4120 320
+106%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron 430 160
Celeron N4120 771
+382%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N4120 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 430 and Celeron N4120. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Celeron 430 is a desktop processor while Celeron N4120 is a notebook one.


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