Intel Celeron 4205U vs AMD Athlon 3000G

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Intel Celeron 4205U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon 3000G
Intel Celeron 4205U AMD Athlon 3000G

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron 4205U or AMD Athlon 3000G - 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 4205U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 4205U was released in Q1/2019.

The AMD Athlon 3000G has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 3000G was released in Q4/2019.
Intel Celeron (165) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Celeron 4000 (3) CPU group AMD Athlon 3000 (1)
8 Generation 4
Whiskey Lake U Architecture Dali (Zen)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Intel Celeron 5205U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron 4205U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz. The AMD Athlon 3000G has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.50 GHz).

Intel Celeron 4205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 3000G
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
1.80 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.50 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.

Intel Celeron 4205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 3000G
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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.

Intel UHD Graphics 610 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation 8
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
12 Compute units 3
96 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 610 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron 4205U supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 3000G can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Celeron 4205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 3000G
LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133 Memory DDR4-2666
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 16
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron 4205U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the AMD Athlon 3000G is 35 W.

Intel Celeron 4205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 3000G
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
12.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron 4205U has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon 3000G cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Intel Celeron 4205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 3000G
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1528 Socket AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2019
107 $ Release price 49 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 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 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
427 (46%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
933 (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 Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
840 (37%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2285 (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 Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
Intel UHD Graphics 610 @ 0.90 GHz
173 (45%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (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.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1339 (30%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
4491 (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.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
389 (37%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1040 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
52 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
141 (100%)

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.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
877 (100%)

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.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2163 (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 Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1043 (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 Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2169 (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.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
339 (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.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
887 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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.
Intel Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
343 (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 Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
139 (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 Celeron 4205U Intel Celeron 4205U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
388 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Celeron 4205U AMD Athlon 3000G
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