Celeron G3900TE vs V-Series V120

Place in the ranking	3142	2373
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.35
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD V-Series	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	1.02	3.12
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	19 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$42

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	3200 MHz	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	98.57 mm²
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	S1	LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics 510

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.27	1.16
Recency	12 May 2010	19 October 2015
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

V-Series V120 has 40% lower power consumption.

Celeron G3900TE, on the other hand, has a 329.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron G3900TE is our recommended choice as it beats the V-Series V120 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between V-Series V120 and Celeron G3900TE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.