AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D vs Intel Celeron J4125

Last updated: 2024-02-21

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D		Intel Celeron J4125
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D or Intel Celeron J4125 - 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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D was released in Q1/2024. The Intel Celeron J4125 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J4125 was released in Q4/2019.

AMD Ryzen 5 (86)	Family	Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Ryzen 5000 (12)	CPU group	Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 (11)
4	Generation	9
Vermeer (Zen 3)	Architecture	Gemini Lake
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D is 3.00 GHz (4.00 GHz) while the Intel Celeron J4125 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron J4125 is at 2.00 GHz (2.70 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J4125
6	Cores	4
12	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz	Frequency	2.00 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.70 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.70 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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J4125
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D or Intel Celeron J4125 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.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 600
	GPU frequency	0.25 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.75 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	12
--	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
--	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.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 600
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Celeron J4125 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J4125
DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-2400
128 GB	Max. Memory	8 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
96.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	2.0
20	PCIe lanes	6
39.4 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	3.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D is 105 W, while the Intel Celeron J4125 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J4125
105 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	10 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
90 °C	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D is manufactured in 7 nm and has 99.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron J4125 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J4125
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	BGA 1090
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2024	Release date	Q4/2019
199 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (100%)

Intel Celeron J4125 (34%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (100%)

Intel Celeron J4125 (15%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHzNot verified	1310 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	444 (34%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHzNot verified	10084 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1541 (15%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	482 (100%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1632 (100%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	411 (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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1276 (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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	192 (100%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	675 (100%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D @ 0.00 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.75 GHz	144 (100%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	14 (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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	2978 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	807 (100%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	79 (100%)

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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	296 (100%)

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