Celeron J4125 vs i5-8365U

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-8365U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
3.84
+106%
Celeron J4125
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.86

Core i5-8365U outperforms Celeron J4125 by a whopping 106% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14681998
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.56
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i5no data
Power efficiency24.2317.60
Architecture codenameWhiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date16 April 2019 (5 years ago)4 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$297$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data93 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1528FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+-
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+-
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory32 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

i5-8365U 3.84
+106%
Celeron J4125 1.86

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.

i5-8365U 6101
+106%
Celeron J4125 2957

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.

i5-8365U 638
+84.4%
Celeron J4125 346

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.

i5-8365U 2419
+151%
Celeron J4125 964

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.

i5-8365U 6557
+210%
Celeron J4125 2112

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.

i5-8365U 16518
+132%
Celeron J4125 7128

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.

i5-8365U 6330
+69.3%
Celeron J4125 3740

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.

i5-8365U 7.72
+125%
Celeron J4125 17.37

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.

i5-8365U 6
+87.6%
Celeron J4125 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i5-8365U 579
+138%
Celeron J4125 243

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.

i5-8365U 166
+120%
Celeron J4125 75

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.

i5-8365U 1.91
+125%
Celeron J4125 0.85

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.

i5-8365U 4.6
+156%
Celeron J4125 1.8

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.

i5-8365U 3173
+203%
Celeron J4125 1048

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.  

i5-8365U 36
+175%
Celeron J4125 13

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.  

i5-8365U 153
+149%
Celeron J4125 61

Blender(-)

i5-8365U 825
Celeron J4125 2391
+190%

7-Zip Single

i5-8365U 4346
+83.5%
Celeron J4125 2369

7-Zip

i5-8365U 17293
+131%
Celeron J4125 7494

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.84 1.86
Integrated graphics card 5.58 0.87
Recency 16 April 2019 4 November 2019
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

i5-8365U has a 106.5% higher aggregate performance score, 541.4% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

Celeron J4125, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-8365U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J4125 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core i5-8365U is a notebook processor while Celeron J4125 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-8365U and Celeron J4125, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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