Pentium A1020 vs Celeron N4120

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2079	2589
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Gemini Lake	no data
Power efficiency	24.57	7.46
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)	no data
Release date	4 November 2019 (4 years ago)	1 January 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.41 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.7 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 600	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	700 MHz	896 MHz
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	2
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	11.2
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium A1020.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	4
USB revision	2.0/3.0	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	5
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.

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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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.62	0.82
Recency	4 November 2019	1 January 2016
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	10 Watt

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