AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Celeron J3455

Last updated: 2023-11-03

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X		Intel Celeron J3455
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. Up to 2048 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X was released in Q4/2019. 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 Ryzen Threadripper (13)	Family	Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	CPU group	Intel Celeron J3000 (4)
3	Generation	7
Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Architecture	Apollo Lake
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is a 32 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.50 GHz). The Intel Celeron J3455 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz (2.30 GHz).
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J3455
32	Cores	4
64	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.70 GHz	Frequency	1.50 GHz
4.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.30 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.20 GHz


NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J3455
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 500
	GPU frequency	0.25 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.75 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9
	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 HD Graphics 500
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode
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 Threadripper 3970X supports a maximum of 2048 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J3455 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J3455
DDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1866
2048 GB	Max. Memory	8 GB
4 (Quad Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
16.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
128.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	2.0
64	PCIe lanes	6
126.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	3.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a TDP of 280 W, that of the Intel Celeron J3455 is 10 W.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J3455
280 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	10 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a 144.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron J3455 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Characteristic	Intel Celeron J3455
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
TRX4 (sTRX4)	Socket	BGA 1296
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2019	Release date	Q3/2016
1969 $	Release price	31 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X (100%)

Intel Celeron J3455 (22%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X (100%)

Intel Celeron J3455 (4%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 4.50 GHz	1274 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	331 (26%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.80 GHz	22727 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1224 (5%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 4.50 GHz	1724 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	292 (17%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.80 GHz	14637 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	874 (6%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.80 GHz	710 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	11 (2%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.80 GHz	63440 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	2255 (4%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 4.50 GHz	209 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	47 (22%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.80 GHz	7398 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	181 (2%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 4.50 GHz	1324 (100%)
	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 Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.80 GHz	44502 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 4.50 GHz	509 (100%)
	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 Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.80 GHz	17105 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Threadripper 3970X @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.75 GHz	144 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.80 GHz	44.5 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Threadripper 3970X 32C 64T @ 3.70 GHz	21066 (100%)
	Intel Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	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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