Intel Pentium J4205 vs Intel Celeron G3900

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Intel Pentium J4205 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron G3900
Intel Pentium J4205 Intel Celeron G3900

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Pentium J4205 and the Intel Celeron G3900 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Pentium J4205 4 core processor released in Q3/2016 with the Intel Celeron G3900 which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2016.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Pentium J4000/N4000 (2) CPU group Intel Celeron G3000 6. Gen. (6)
8 Generation 6
Apollo Lake Architecture Skylake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Celeron G4900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J4205 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz (2.60 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Celeron G3900 clocks with 2.80 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

Intel Pentium J4205 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Pentium J4205 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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 505 GPU Intel HD Graphics 510
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.95 GHz
9 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
18 Compute units 12
144 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.0

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 505 GPU Intel HD Graphics 510
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 8 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Pentium J4205, while the Intel Celeron G3900 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s enabled.

Intel Pentium J4205 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2400, DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
8 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
6 PCIe lanes 16
3.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Pentium J4205 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP of the Intel Celeron G3900 is 51 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Pentium J4205 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 51 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium J4205 has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of Intel Celeron G3900 is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Pentium J4205 Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
14 nm Technology 14 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
BGA 1296 Socket LGA 1151
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, Linux
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2016
161 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
360 (49%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
735 (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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1255 (88%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1420 (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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
338 (55%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
620 (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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
848 (78%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1085 (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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
Intel HD Graphics 505 @ 0.80 GHz
230 (100%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.95 GHz
182 (79%)

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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2425 (100%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
2178 (90%)

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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
52 (44%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
119 (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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
196 (92%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
213 (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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1020 (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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
2011 (100%)

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 Pentium J4205 Intel Pentium J4205
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
614 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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