Celeron N4120 vs HD Graphics 520

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Primary details

Comparing HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2119
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel HD GraphicsIntel Gemini Lake
Power efficiencyno data24.76
Architecture codenameGen9Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release dateno data4 November 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120 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 coresno data4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.35 GHz2.6 GHz
L2 cacheno data4 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)no data6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by HD Graphics 520 and Celeron N4120.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
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+

Pros & cons summary


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