Intel Celeron N4100 vs Intel Core i9-12900F

Last updated: 2023-08-11

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Celeron N4100		Intel Core i9-12900F
CPU comparison Intel Celeron N4100 or Intel Core i9-12900F - 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 N4100 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N4100 was released in Q4/2017. The Intel Core i9-12900F has 16 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900F was released in Q1/2022.

Intel Celeron (165)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 (11)	CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
9	Generation	12
Gemini Lake	Architecture	Alder Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i9-11900F
Intel Celeron N5100	Successor	Intel Core i9-13900F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Celeron N4100 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz (2.40 GHz). The Intel Core i9-12900F has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz).
Intel Celeron N4100	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
4	Cores	16
4	Threads	24
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.10 GHz (2.40 GHz)	A-Core	2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz) 8x Golden Cove
--	B-Core	1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) 8x Gracemont
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 N4100	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
--	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 600	GPU	no iGPU
0.20 GHz	GPU frequency	--
0.70 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9.5	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
12	Compute units	--
96	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	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 UHD Graphics 600	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Celeron N4100 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900F can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Celeron N4100	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
LPDDR4-2400, DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
8 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	14.00 MB
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	30.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	5.0
6	PCIe lanes	20
3.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron N4100 has a TDP of 6 W, that of the Intel Core i9-12900F is 65 W.
Intel Celeron N4100	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
6 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	202 W
--	TDP up	--
4.8 W	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Celeron N4100 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i9-12900F cache has a total of 44.00 MB.
Intel Celeron N4100	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
14 nm	Technology	10 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
BGA 1090	Socket	LGA 1700
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2017	Release date	Q1/2022
--	Release price	464 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron N4100 (20%)

Intel Core i9-12900F (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron N4100 (6%)

Intel Core i9-12900F (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	394 (20%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1968 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1385 (9%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15712 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	335 (13%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	2637 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1034 (7%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15367 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	153 (20%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	764 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	391 (4%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	10097 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2445 (7%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	36739 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	71 (25%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	287 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	189 (5%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	3911 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1988 (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 N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	26455 (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 N4100 Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.70 GHz	134 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F @ 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 N4100 4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	664 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

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Intel Core i9-13900 benchmark of engineering sample

Posted by Stefan on 2022-06-15

Intels 13th generation of the Intel Core i series (Raptor Lake) is about to be released and a lot of information is already known from the official side. This information includes e.g. the number of CPU cores, the expected increase in performance and the manufacturing technology of the new CPUs.

We compare the technical data of the Intel Core i9-13900 with its predecessor and look at benchmarks that have already been published.

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