Intel Celeron J3455E vs MediaTek MT6589

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Intel Celeron J3455E CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6589
Intel Celeron J3455E MediaTek MT6589

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron J3455E or MediaTek MT6589 - 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 J3455E has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J3455E was released in Q3/2019.

The MediaTek MT6589 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6589 was released in Q1/2013.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Intel Celeron J3000 (4) CPU group MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
7 Generation 1
Apollo Lake Architecture Cortex-A9
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron J3455E has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron J3455E is 1.50 GHz (2.30 GHz) while the MediaTek MT6589 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6589 is at 1.20 GHz.

Intel Celeron J3455E Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 1.20 GHz
2.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.20 GHz 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 J3455E Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron J3455E or MediaTek MT6589 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 500 GPU PowerVR SGX544
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.29 GHz
0.70 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.29 GHz
9 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology 45nm
3 Max. displays 1
12 Compute units 2
96 Shader 4
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 10.1

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 500 GPU PowerVR SGX544
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 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron J3455E can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The MediaTek MT6589 supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 4.3 GB/s.

Intel Celeron J3455E Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
LPDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1866 Memory LPDDR3-533, LPDDR2-533
8 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 4.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version --
6 PCIe lanes --
3.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron J3455E is 10 W, while the MediaTek MT6589 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Celeron J3455E Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron J3455E is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The MediaTek MT6589 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Intel Celeron J3455E Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1296 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2013
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron J3455E (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 (23%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron J3455E (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 (11%)

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 J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
331 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
75 (23%)

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 J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1224 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
134 (11%)

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 J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.70 GHz
134 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
PowerVR SGX544 @ 0.29 GHz
9 (7%)

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 J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
292 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
874 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
2255 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
50 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
93 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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