Intel Celeron N4020C vs Intel Celeron N4120. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000
• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Celeron
• Generation
  9 9
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.1 GHz 1.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  12 12
• Generation
  9.5 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 600 Intel UHD Graphics 600
• GPU Turbo
  650 MHz 700 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2017
• Shader
  96 96
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron N4120 and Intel Celeron N4020C. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400
• PCIe lanes
  6 6
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron N4020C and Intel Celeron N4120 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  6 W 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron N4020C and Intel Celeron N4120, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Gemini Lake
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2019
• Socket
  BGA 1090 BGA 1090
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d