Intel Celeron N4120
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Intel Celeron N4120 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2019
Intel Celeron N4120
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Q4/2021
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Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Intel Pentium Silver N6000

What's the best choice Intel Celeron N4120 or Intel Pentium Silver N6000? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Celeron N4120 has a base frequency of 1.10 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 6 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 has a base frequency of 1.10 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 6 W. Released in Q4/2021.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Celeron N4120 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    519 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    465 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    878 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    887 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1015 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    852 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1417 place
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 27 % higher specified turbo frequency

    3.30 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Celeron N4120 Intel Celeron N4120
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6000
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 left arrow Intel Pentium N6000
  • Family
    Intel Celeron left arrow Intel Pentium
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 10
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    - left arrow -- Tremont
  • Base Frequency
    1.1 GHz left arrow 1.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    2.6 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    2.5 GHz left arrow 2.5 GHz
IGPU

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 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 32
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow 11
  • GPU Frequency
    200 MHz left arrow 400 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel UHD Graphics 600 left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake)
  • GPU Turbo
    700 MHz left arrow 850 MHz
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow Q1/2021
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 256
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Celeron N4120. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • PCIe lanes
    6 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    2.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron N4120 and Intel Pentium Silver N6000 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 left arrow 6 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 20 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 4.8 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron N4120 and Intel Pentium Silver N6000, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Gemini Lake left arrow Jasper Lake
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 1.5 MB
  • L3-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • Release date
    Q4/2019 left arrow Q4/2021
  • Socket
    BGA 1090 left arrow BGA 1090
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 4 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Pentium Silver N6000 704.037939 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 4 threads / linux
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. / MS-B0A1
Duration: 1420.378 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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