Intel Atom S1240 vs Intel Celeron G3920

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Intel Atom S1240 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron G3920
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Celeron G3920

CPU comparison

Intel Atom S1240 or Intel Celeron G3920 - 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 Intel Atom S1240 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Atom S1240 was released in Q4/2012.

The Intel Celeron G3920 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G3920 was released in Q1/2016.
Intel Atom (101) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Atom S1000 (3) CPU group Intel Celeron G3000 6. Gen. (6)
2 Generation 6
Centerton Architecture Skylake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Celeron G4920

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom S1240 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom S1240 is 1.60 GHz while the Intel Celeron G3920 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron G3920 is at 2.90 GHz.

Intel Atom S1240 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3920
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Intel Atom S1240 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3920
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Atom S1240 or Intel Celeron G3920 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 HD Graphics 510
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.95 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 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12.0

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 510
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

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom S1240 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 10.6 GB/s. The Intel Celeron G3920 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

Intel Atom S1240 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3920
DDR3-1333 Memory DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
8 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
10.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
1.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 16
4.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Atom S1240 is 6.1 W, while the Intel Celeron G3920 has a TDP of 51 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Atom S1240 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3920
6.1 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 51 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Atom S1240 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron G3920 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Atom S1240 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3920
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1283 Socket LGA 1151
VT-x Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2012 Release date Q1/2016
39 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

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.
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Atom S1240
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
432 (19%)
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
2310 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Atom S1240
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
762 (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.
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Atom S1240
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
1465 (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.
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Atom S1240
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
652 (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.
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Atom S1240
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
1136 (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.
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Atom S1240
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.95 GHz
182 (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.
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Atom S1240
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
123 (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.
Intel Atom S1240 Intel Atom S1240
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
220 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom S1240 Intel Celeron G3920
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