Intel Celeron N2920 vs AMD Athlon II X4 740

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Intel Celeron N2920 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X4 740
Intel Celeron N2920 AMD Athlon II X4 740

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Celeron N2920 and the AMD Athlon II X4 740 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Celeron N2920 4 core processor released in Q4/2013 with the AMD Athlon II X4 740 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2012.
Intel Celeron (165) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17) CPU group AMD Athlon II X4 (Trinity) (2)
6 Generation 3
Bay Trail Architecture Trinity
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor AMD Athlon II X4 640
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron N2920 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.86 GHz (2.00 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The AMD Athlon II X4 740 clocks with 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 740
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.86 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
2.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
2.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.70 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 740
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU no iGPU
0.31 GHz GPU frequency --
0.84 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 DirectX Version --

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

Memory & PCIe

Up to 8 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Celeron N2920, while the AMD Athlon II X4 740 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 29.9 GB/s enabled.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 740
DDR3-1066 Memory DDR3-1866
8 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version --
4 PCIe lanes --
2.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Celeron N2920 has a TDP of 7.5 W. The TDP of the AMD Athlon II X4 740 is 65 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 740
7.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4.5 W TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron N2920 has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 22 nm. The cache of AMD Athlon II X4 740 is at 4.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 32 nm.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 740
22 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
BGA 1170 Socket FM2
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2013 Release date Q4/2012
-- Release price 60 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N2920 (41%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N2920 (41%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 (100%)

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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
188 (41%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
461 (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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
650 (47%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1391 (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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
930 (34%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2705 (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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
32 (40%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
80 (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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
121 (42%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
288 (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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
165 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
491 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
68 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
249 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.84 GHz
54 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
651 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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