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Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Celeron N4120

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-9100

Rank 2 - 34 %

Intel Celeron N4120

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-9100

Rank 2 - 37 %

Intel Celeron N4120

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,394

4C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

362

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,824

4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

1,076

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

445 cb

4C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

165 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,069

4C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

448

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,630 cb

4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

407 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,249

4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

1,478

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

422

Intel UHD Graphics 600

134

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

660 cb

4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

197 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Celeron N4120
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Celeron (165)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 (11)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Gemini Lake
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151-2	BGA 1090
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-8100
Successor	Intel Core i3-10100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Celeron N4120
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	1.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	2.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	2.50 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Celeron N4120
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics 600
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz	0.20 - 0.70 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	12 / 96
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	8 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Celeron N4120
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Celeron N4120
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	LPDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	2.0 x 6
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Celeron N4120
TDP	65 W	6 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		4.8 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Celeron N4120
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q2/2019	Q4/2019
Release price	122 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-9100 is 3.7 stars (44 ratings), while Intel Celeron N4120 has received 2.9 stars (60 ratings).

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Intel Core i3-9100
4C / 4T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Celeron N4120
4C / 4T · 1.10 - 2.60 GHz

★★★★★