Intel Pentium J4205 vs Celeron G3900

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Combined performance score

Celeron G3900
1.42

Pentium J4205 outperforms Celeron G3900 by 11% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20731972
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.830.77
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Pentium
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years old)30 August 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$42$161
Current price$56 (1.3x MSRP)$136 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron G3900 has 268% better value for money than Pentium J4205.

Technical specs

Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.8 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size150 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205 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
SocketFCLGA1151FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP--
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
StatusLaunchedDiscontinued
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
MPX-no data
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard--
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 510Intel HD Graphics 505
Max video memory64 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency950 MHz800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12+
OpenGL4.4+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900 and Pentium J4205.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
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.

Celeron G3900 1.42
Pentium J4205 1.58
+11.3%

Pentium J4205 outperforms Celeron G3900 by 11% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Celeron G3900 2178
Pentium J4205 2428
+11.5%

Pentium J4205 outperforms Celeron G3900 by 11% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Celeron G3900 580
+112%
Pentium J4205 273

Celeron G3900 outperforms Pentium J4205 by 112% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Celeron G3900 987
+35.2%
Pentium J4205 730

Celeron G3900 outperforms Pentium J4205 by 35% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.42 1.58
Integrated graphics card 1.37 0.86
Recency 1 September 2015 30 August 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Cost $42 $161
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 10 Watt

The Pentium J4205 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G3900 in performance tests.


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