Ryzen 9 5950X vs Celeron J4125

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J4125
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.86
Ryzen 9 5950X
2020
16 cores / 32 threads, 105 Watt
28.71
+1444%

Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms Celeron J4125 by a whopping 1444% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1998160
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.5627.78
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiency17.6025.88
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Vermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)5 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 9 5950X has 400% better value for money than Celeron J4125.

Detailed specifications

Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speed2 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache56 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB64 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size93 mm2CPU cores: 2x 80.7 sq. mm., I/O: 125 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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
SocketFCBGA1090AM4
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X 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 Ryzen 9 5950X 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 Ryzen 9 5950X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 600-
Max video memory8 GB-
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency750 MHz-
Execution Units12-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3-
eDP+-
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+-
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz-
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz-
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12-
OpenGL4.4-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4125 and Ryzen 9 5950X.

PCIe version2.04.0
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 J4125 1.86
Ryzen 9 5950X 28.71
+1444%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 45599
+1442%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 2215
+540%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 12103
+1155%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 6690
+217%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 56641
+695%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 17657
+372%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 4.23
+311%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 48
+1463%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 4324
+1679%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 267
+254%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 3.08
+262%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 26
+1344%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 12736
+1115%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 212
+1525%

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
Ryzen 9 5950X 330
+438%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Celeron J4125 1394
Ryzen 9 5950X 16248
+1066%

Blender(-)

Celeron J4125 2391
+1932%
Ryzen 9 5950X 118

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Celeron J4125 455
Ryzen 9 5950X 1652
+263%

7-Zip Single

Celeron J4125 2369
Ryzen 9 5950X 6852
+189%

7-Zip

Celeron J4125 7494
Ryzen 9 5950X 122978
+1541%

WebXPRT 3

Celeron J4125 89
Ryzen 9 5950X 290
+226%

CrossMark Overall

Celeron J4125 340
Ryzen 9 5950X 1495
+340%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.86 28.71
Recency 4 November 2019 5 November 2020
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 4 32
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 105 Watt

Celeron J4125 has 950% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 5950X, on the other hand, has a 1443.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 5950X is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4125 in performance tests.


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