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Intel Celeron N2820 vs Intel Core 5 processor 120U

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank ?

Intel Celeron N2820

Rank ?

Intel Core 5 processor 120U

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 3 %

Intel Celeron N2820

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core 5 processor 120U

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)

1,549

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Celeron N2820	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Family	Intel Celeron (165)	Intel Core 5 (13)
CPU group	Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17)	Intel Core processors - Mobile (Series 1) (3)
Architecture	Bay Trail	Raptor Lake U
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1170	BGA 1744
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Celeron N2820	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2	10 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 2.13 - 2.39 GHz	2x Redwood Cove 1.40 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Crestmont 0.90 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	1.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Celeron N2820	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.31 - 0.76 GHz	0.35 - 1.25 GHz
CUs / Shader	4 / 32	80 / 640
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	4
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q3/2013	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Celeron N2820	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Celeron N2820	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Memory	DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	8 GB	96 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 4	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	2.0 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Celeron N2820	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
TDP	7.5 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)		55 W
TDP up
TDP down	4.5 W	12 W
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Celeron N2820	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2013	Q1/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Celeron N2820 is 4.8 stars (4 ratings), while Intel Core 5 processor 120U has received 4.2 stars (118 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Celeron N2820
2C / 2T · 2.13 - 2.39 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core 5 processor 120U
10C / 12T · 1.40 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★