AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Celeron J3455

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AMD A12-9800 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron J3455
AMD A12-9800 Intel Celeron J3455

CPU comparison

AMD A12-9800 or Intel Celeron J3455 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A12-9800 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A12-9800 was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Celeron J3455 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J3455 was released in Q3/2016.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD A12-9800 (1) CPU group Intel Celeron J3000 (4)
7 Generation 7
Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Architecture Apollo Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A12-9800 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A12-9800 is 3.80 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the Intel Celeron J3455 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron J3455 is at 1.50 GHz (2.30 GHz).
AMD A12-9800 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.80 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A12-9800 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A12-9800 or Intel Celeron J3455 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics 500
1.11 GHz GPU frequency 0.25 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.75 GHz
6 GPU Generation 9
28 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
8 Compute units 12
512 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics 500
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A12-9800 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Celeron J3455 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.
AMD A12-9800 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1866
64 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
8 PCIe lanes 6
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A12-9800 is 65 W, while the Intel Celeron J3455 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A12-9800 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD A12-9800 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron J3455 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
AMD A12-9800 Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket BGA 1296
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2016
-- Release price 31 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A12-9800 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 (51%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A12-9800 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 (62%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
607 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
331 (55%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1827 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1224 (67%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 1.11 GHz
1143 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.75 GHz
144 (13%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
100 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
47 (47%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
326 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
181 (56%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
655 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1979 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
292 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
874 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
254 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
762 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
11 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A12-9800 AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
2255 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD A12-9800 Intel Celeron J3455
Unknown ASRock J3455-ITX
Gigabyte GA-J3455N-D3H
ASRock Beebox J3455
Intel NUC Kit NUC6CAYH
Gigabyte Brix GB-BPCE-3455
TerraMaster J3455

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