Intel Celeron N2920 vs MediaTek Helio P20

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Intel Celeron N2920 CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek Helio P20
Intel Celeron N2920 MediaTek Helio P20

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Celeron N2920 and the MediaTek Helio P20 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Celeron N2920 4 core processor released in Q4/2013 with the MediaTek Helio P20 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2016.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Mediatek Helio (37)
Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17) CPU group MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4)
6 Generation 2
Bay Trail Architecture Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- 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 MediaTek Helio P20 clocks with 2.30 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.86 GHz (2.00 GHz) A-Core 2.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
-- B-Core 1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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 MediaTek Helio P20
-- 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 ARM Mali-T880 MP2
0.31 GHz GPU frequency 0.90 GHz
0.84 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
7 GPU Generation Midgard 4
22 nm Technology 16 nm
2 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 2
32 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 DirectX Version 11

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 ARM Mali-T880 MP2
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 8 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Celeron N2920, while the MediaTek Helio P20 supports a maximum of 6 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s enabled.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
DDR3-1066 Memory LPDDR4X-1600, LPDDR4-1600, LPDDR3-933
8 GB Max. Memory 6 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
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 MediaTek Helio P20 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
7.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- 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 MediaTek Helio P20 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 16 nm.

Intel Celeron N2920 Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
22 nm Technology 16 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1170 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q4/2013 Release date Q3/2016
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N2920 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 (80%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N2920 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 (70%)

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 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
151 (80%)

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 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
457 (70%)

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 (88%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
ARM Mali-T880 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (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%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 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%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
930 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
32 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 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 N2920 Intel Celeron N2920
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
121 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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