Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Celeron N4100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Celeron
• Generation
  2 9
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 1.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.4 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
  10.1 12
• Execution units
  6 12
• Generation
  6 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel UHD Graphics 600
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 700 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2017
• Shader
  48 96
• Technology
  32 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)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron N4100 and Intel Core i3-2120. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 -
• PCIe lanes
  16 6
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-2120 and Intel Celeron N4100 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)
  65 W 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-2120 and Intel Celeron N4100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Gemini Lake
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2017
• Socket
  LGA 1155 BGA 1090
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d