Intel Celeron 3855U vs Intel Celeron J1850

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Intel Celeron 3855U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron J1850
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron J1850

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron 3855U or Intel Celeron J1850 - 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 Celeron 3855U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3855U was released in Q4/2015.

The Intel Celeron J1850 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J1850 was released in Q3/2013.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Celeron 3000 (10) CPU group Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17)
7 Generation 6
Kaby Lake U Architecture Bay Trail
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron 3855U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 3855U is 1.60 GHz while the Intel Celeron J1850 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron J1850 is at 2.00 GHz.

Intel Celeron 3855U Characteristic Intel Celeron J1850
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.00 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 Celeron 3855U Characteristic Intel Celeron J1850
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron 3855U or Intel Celeron J1850 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.

Intel HD Graphics 510 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.69 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.79 GHz
9 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 2
12 Compute units 4
96 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12.0 DirectX Version 11.2

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.

Intel HD Graphics 510 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron 3855U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The Intel Celeron J1850 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

Intel Celeron 3855U Characteristic Intel Celeron J1850
LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR3-1333
32 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 2.0
10 PCIe lanes 4
5.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron 3855U is 15 W, while the Intel Celeron J1850 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Celeron 3855U Characteristic Intel Celeron J1850
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
10 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron 3855U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron J1850 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Celeron 3855U Characteristic Intel Celeron J1850
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1170
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2015 Release date Q3/2013
107 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

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 Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
430 (100%)
Intel Celeron J1850 Intel Celeron J1850
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
202 (47%)

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 Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
848 (100%)
Intel Celeron J1850 Intel Celeron J1850
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
718 (85%)

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 Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
361 (100%)
Intel Celeron J1850 Intel Celeron J1850
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
160 (44%)

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 Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
632 (100%)
Intel Celeron J1850 Intel Celeron J1850
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
502 (79%)

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 Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.90 GHz
173 (100%)
Intel Celeron J1850 Intel Celeron J1850
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.79 GHz
51 (29%)

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 Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
1265 (100%)
Intel Celeron J1850 Intel Celeron J1850
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
940 (74%)

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 Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
68 (100%)
Intel Celeron J1850 Intel Celeron J1850
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
32 (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.
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
127 (100%)
Intel Celeron J1850 Intel Celeron J1850
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
120 (94%)

Devices using this processor

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