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Intel Celeron N4120 Benchmark, Test and specs

Name: Intel Celeron N4120
Brand: Intel
Rating: 2.7 (51 reviews)

Last updated: 2023-04-21

The Intel Celeron N4120 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 9. gen of the Intel Celeron series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1090 socket and was released in Q4/2019. The Intel Celeron N4120 scores 448 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,478 points.

At a glance
Name:	Intel Celeron N4120
Family:	Intel Celeron (165)
CPU group:	Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 (11)
Architecture:	Gemini Lake
Technology:	14 nm
Segment:	Notebook
Generation:	9
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron N4120 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N4120 is 1.10 GHz (2.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	1.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	2.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	2.50 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.

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Celeron N4120 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Celeron N4120 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 600, which has 96 texture shaders and 12 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 600
GPU frequency:	0.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	0.70 GHz
Compute units:	12
Shader:	96
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q4/2017

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	8 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 8 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

LPDDR4-2400 DDR4-2400	38.4 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	8 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 6
PCIe Bandwidth:	3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	6 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	4.8 W
Tjunction max.:	105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron N4120 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1090
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date:	Q4/2019
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Celeron N4120
4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz (2.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Celeron N4120 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	Intel Celeron N4000 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	365
	Intel Celeron N4000C 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	365
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	364
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	362
	Intel Celeron 3855U 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	361
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	352
	Intel Celeron 2950M 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	352

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	Intel Core i5-3427U 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1086
	Intel Core i5-4302Y 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1086
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1078
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1076
	Intel Core i7-3537U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1070
	Intel Core i3-3130M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1058
	Intel Core i5-4220Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	1047

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 Core i3-2348M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	449
	Intel Core i3-4025U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	449
	Intel Core i3-4030U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	449
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	448
	Intel Pentium B980 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	447
	Intel Celeron 2950M 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	446
	Intel Pentium 3825U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	443

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 Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1510
	Intel Core i5-3340M 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1497
	Intel Core i5-4258U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1479
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1478
	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1478
	Intel Core i3-7130U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1477
	Intel Core i5-4310U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1476

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.


	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	181
	AMD A6-5400K 2C 2T @ 3.80 GHz	174
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	171
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	165
	Intel Core i3-2350M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	165
	Intel Core m3-6Y30 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	159
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	158

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 Core i3-2350M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	419
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	418
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	412
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	407
	Intel Core i3-4005U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	392
	Intel Celeron N4100 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	391
	Intel Core i7-4510U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	383

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 2961Y Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz	136
	Intel Pentium 3560Y Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz	136
	Intel Pentium 3561Y Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz	136
	Intel Celeron N4120 Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.70 GHz	134
	Intel Celeron J3355E Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.70 GHz	134
	Intel Celeron J3455E Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.70 GHz	134
	Intel Celeron J4115 Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.70 GHz	134

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 Core i7-4510U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	2574
	Intel Core i3-7020U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	2568
	Intel Core i7-3687U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2550
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2542
	Intel Core i5-4310U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2533
	Intel Core i5-3230M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2531
	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	2530

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 J4005 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	79
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	79
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	78
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	77
	AMD FX-9800P 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	77
	Intel Pentium 3825U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	77
	Intel Celeron 3765U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	77

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.


	AMD A10-7400P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	207
	Intel Core i5-4200Y 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	204
	Intel Atom x6211E 2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz	202
	Intel Celeron N4120 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	197
	Intel Pentium J4205 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	196
	Intel Core i3-2350M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	194
	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	192

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,888 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,822 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,510 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,477 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
665 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
613 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,155 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,459 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,110 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,106 entries

Description of the processor

The Intel Celeron N4120 is a mobile processor and has 4 cores with 4 threads. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1090 socket. It comes from the 9th generation of the Intel Celeron series and from the Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 CPU group. The Intel Celeron N4120 does not use Hyperthreading and cannot be overclocked. The base clock frequency is 1.10 GHz and the turbo clock frequency with one core is 2.60 GHz. When all cores are loaded, the clock frequency is still 2.50 GHz.

The Intel Celeron N4120 has an internal graphic called Intel UHD Graphics 600, with a clock speed of 200 megahertz up to 700 megahertz. It has 12 execution units and 96 shaders and has a maximum GPU memory of 8 GB. The internal graphic is from the 9.5 generation and supports DirectX 12, it was manufactured using a 14-nanometer process. The Intel Celeron N4120 can decode and encode h265/HEVC (8 bit), h265/HEVC (10 bit), h264, VP8, VP9, AVC and JPEG and only decode VC-1.

The CPU supports DDR4-2400 type RAM and with the 2 memory channels (dual channel) it has a memory bandwidth of 38.4 gigabits/s. The processor supports AES-NI encryption. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) value is 6W.

The chip design of the processor is monolithic with a Germini Lake architecture. The L3 cache is 4.00 MB. The full x86-64 instruction set (ISA) is supported, so the processor is fully 64-bit capable and supports the following extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2. The Intel Celeron N4120 was released in the fourth quarter of 2019.
The processor is compatible with Windows 10 and 11, as well as Linux.

In the Geekbench (64-bit, single-core) test, the Intel Celeron N4120 received a total of 452 points, in Geekbench (64-bit, multi-core) 1554 points. The expected result of the PassMark CPU Mark is 2516 points.

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