PRO A8-9600B vs Celeron J4125

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J4125
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.86
+29.2%
PRO A8-9600B
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.44

Celeron J4125 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4125 and PRO A8-9600B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19992190
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.54no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataBristol Ridge
Power efficiency17.609.09
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 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 PRO A8-9600B 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache56 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2048 KB
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size93 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4125 and PRO A8-9600B 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1090FP4
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4125 and PRO A8-9600B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
FMA-FMA4
AVX-AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+
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 PRO A8-9600B 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 PRO A8-9600B are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J4125 and PRO A8-9600B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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iGPU core countno data6
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4125 and PRO A8-9600B 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 PRO A8-9600B 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 PRO A8-9600B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12DirectX® 12
OpenGL4.4no data
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4125 and PRO A8-9600B.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes68
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 1.86
+29.2%
PRO A8-9600B 1.44

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 2957
+29%
PRO A8-9600B 2292

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 J4125 346
PRO A8-9600B 419
+21.1%

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 J4125 964
PRO A8-9600B 1038
+7.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron J4125 2112
PRO A8-9600B 2336
+10.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron J4125 7128
+25%
PRO A8-9600B 5703

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron J4125 3740
+27.6%
PRO A8-9600B 2930

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron J4125 17.37
PRO A8-9600B 16.76
+3.6%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron J4125 3
+27.5%
PRO A8-9600B 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Celeron J4125 243
+19.7%
PRO A8-9600B 203

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Celeron J4125 75
+6.1%
PRO A8-9600B 71

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Celeron J4125 0.85
+1.2%
PRO A8-9600B 0.84

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Celeron J4125 1.8
+20%
PRO A8-9600B 1.5

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Celeron J4125 1048
PRO A8-9600B 1444
+37.8%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Celeron J4125 13
PRO A8-9600B 13
+2.1%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Celeron J4125 61
PRO A8-9600B 70
+14.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.86 1.44
Recency 4 November 2019 1 June 2016
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron J4125 has a 29.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Celeron J4125 is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A8-9600B in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J4125 is a desktop processor while PRO A8-9600B is a notebook one.


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