AMD Athlon II X3 420e vs Intel Celeron J4005

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Combined performance score

Celeron J4005
1.03
+2%

Celeron J4005 outperforms Athlon II X3 420e by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking23002314
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.615.80
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Architecture codenameGemini Lake (2019)Rana (2009−2011)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years old)21 September 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$116
Current price$355 (3.3x MSRP)$17.22 (0.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X3 420e has 851% better value for money than Celeron J4005.

Technical specs

Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e 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)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads23
Base clock speed2 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache112 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data169 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data300 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e 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
SocketFCBGA1090AM3
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+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+no data
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesupto-2400DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 600no data
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes6no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
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.

Celeron J4005 1.03
+2%
Athlon II X3 420e 1.01

Celeron J4005 outperforms Athlon II X3 420e by 2% 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 J4005 1588
+2%
Athlon II X3 420e 1557

Celeron J4005 outperforms Athlon II X3 420e by 2% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.03 1.01
Recency 11 December 2017 21 September 2010
Physical cores 2 3
Threads 2 3
Cost $107 $116
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt

We couldn't decide between Celeron J4005 and Athlon II X3 420e. The differences in performance seem too small.


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