Athlon PRO 300U vs Celeron J4125

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J4125
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.92
Athlon PRO 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.65
+38%

Athlon PRO 300U outperforms Celeron J4125 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19801725
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.35no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiency17.5816.17
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache56 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size93 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1090FP5
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX-+
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

Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U 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 Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 600AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes612
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 J4125 1.92
Athlon PRO 300U 2.65
+38%

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 J4125 2958
Athlon PRO 300U 4080
+37.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.92 2.65
Integrated graphics card 0.87 2.98
Recency 4 November 2019 8 April 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron J4125 has an age advantage of 6 months, 100% more physical cores, and 50% lower power consumption.

Athlon PRO 300U, on the other hand, has a 38% higher aggregate performance score, 242.5% faster integrated GPU, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon PRO 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4125 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J4125 is a desktop processor while Athlon PRO 300U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J4125 and Athlon PRO 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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