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Intel Celeron 2980U vs Intel Core i3-4120U
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Celeron 2980U
77 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-4120U
100 %
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Celeron 2980U
65 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-4120U
100 %
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Celeron 2980U
50 %
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
Intel Core i3-4120U
100 %
Intel HD Graphics 4400
More benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron 2980U | Intel Core i3-4120U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Celeron (165) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Intel Celeron 2000 (7) | Intel Core i 4000U (26) |
| Architecture | Haswell U | Haswell U |
| Technology | 22 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1168 | BGA 1168 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron 2980U | Intel Core i3-4120U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 2 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 1.40 GHz | 2.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron 2980U | Intel Core i3-4120U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) | Intel HD Graphics 4400 |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 - 1.00 GHz | 0.20 - 1.00 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 10 / 80 | 20 / 160 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 22 nm | 22 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2012 | Q2/2013 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron 2980U | Intel Core i3-4120U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron 2980U | Intel Core i3-4120U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 12 | 2.0 x 12 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 6.0 GB/s | 6.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron 2980U | Intel Core i3-4120U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron 2980U | Intel Core i3-4120U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q3/2013 | Q2/2014 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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