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Intel Celeron J4125 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c

Intel Celeron J4125

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The Intel Celeron J4125 is a quad-core SoC primarily for inexpensive mini PCs and was announced late 2019. It runs at 2-2.7 GHz (Single Core Burst) and is based on the Gemini Lake platform (2019 refresh). Compared to the predecessor, the refresh offers slightly higher clock speeds. Similar to the Apollo Lake predecessors, the chip is manufactured on a 14 nm process with FinFETs but offers slightly improved processor cores, double the amount of L2 cache, partial Wi-Fi 5 support, all in a smaller package. Besides four CPU cores, the chip also includes a DirectX 12 capable GPU as well as a DDR4/LPDDR4 memory controller (dual-channel, up to 2400 MHz). The processor is not replaceable as it is directly soldered to the mainboard.

Architecture

The processor architecture is still called Goldmont Plus. Compared to the older Goldmont cores in Apollo Lake, they feature an increased level 2 cache (to 4 MB). That means the per-clock-performance should be a bit better, but not near the Core CPUs like Kaby Lake Y.

Performance

The average J4125 in our database outguns the AMD 3050e just slightly, the latter being a dual-core, Zen-based, entry-level processor of nearly the same energy efficiency, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This means the Celeron is a very basic CPU that's good for basic day-to-day activities only.

The Beelink GK Mini is one of the fastest systems built around the J4125 that we know of. It can be roughly 70% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

GPU Performance

The UHD Graphics 600 (Gemini Lake) is based on Intel's Gen9 architecture, which supports DirectX 12 and is also used for the Kaby Lake / Skylake / Apollo Lake graphics adapters (like HD Graphics 520). Equipped with 12 EUs and a clock of up to 750 MHz, the performance should be roughly on par with the older HD Graphics 500 (Apollo Lake).

The chip also includes an advanced video engine with hardware support for the playback of VP9 and H.265 material (8-bit color-depth).

Power consumption

Like most J-class Intel processors, the Celeron has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 10 W. This is low enough, allowing laptop makers to ditch fans while building a passively cooled laptop, tablet or mini-PC around the chip.

The Intel Celeron J4125 is built with one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for poor, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2

► remove from comparison Qualcomm SD 7c Gen 2

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 Compute Platform (or SD7c Gen2) is a ARM based SoC for Windows laptops. It integrates two fast Kryo 495 Gold cores (based on the ARM Cortex-A76 architecture) at up to 2.55 GHz and six small Kryo 495 Silver cores (ARM Cortex-A55) for power efficiency. Compared to the previous generation, the clock speeds were slightly increased.

According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 can offer up to 60% better productivity performance per watt in Windows 10 compared to Gemini Lake Refresh chips such as the Intel Celeron N4020 and, to a good extent, the Pentium Silver N5030.

The integrated X15 LTE modem supports Cat.12 download (600 MBit/s) and Cat.13 upload speeds (150 MBit/s). Furthermore, Wifi-5 and Bluetooth 5.0 are integrated in the SoC. In addition to the Adreno 618 graphic card, the SoC also integrates a Hexagon 692 NPU.

The chip is produced in 8nm (compared to the more modern 7LPP process of the 8cx) and intended for the use in thin and light laptops without a fan.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c

► remove from comparison Qualcomm SD 7c

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Compute Platform (or SD7c Gen 1) is a ARM based SoC for Windows laptops. It integrates two fast Kryo 495 Gold cores (based on the ARM Cortex-A76 architecture) at up to 2.4 GHz and six small Kryo 495 Silver cores (ARM Cortex-A55) for power efficiency. 

The successor is the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 which offers slightly higher clock speeds.

The integrated X15 LTE modem supports Cat.12 download (600 MBit/s) and Cat.13 upload speeds (150 MBit/s). Furthermore, Wifi-5 and Bluetooth 5.0 are integrated in the SoC. In addition to the Adreno 618 graphic card, the SoC also integrates a Hexagon 692 NPU.

The chip is produced in 8nm (compared to the more modern 7LPP process of the 8cx) and intended for the use in thin and light laptops without a fan.

ModelIntel Celeron J4125Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
CodenameGemini Lake RefreshCortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)
Intel Pentium Silver J50402 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium Silver N50301.1 - 3.1 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron J4125 « 2 - 2.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N41201.1 - 2.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron J40252 - 2.9 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N40201.1 - 2.8 GHz2 / 2 cores
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 « 2.55 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 22.55 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c « 2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)
Clock2000 - 2700 MHz2550 MHz2400 MHz
L2 Cache4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 8
2 x 2.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
6 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
8 / 8
2 x 2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
6 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
TDP10 Watt7 Watt7 Watt
Technology14 nm8 nm8 nm
max. Temp.105 °C
SocketBGA1090
FeaturesDDR4-2400/LPDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 2, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, Turbo, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGXX15 LTE Modem, Adreno 618 GPUX15 LTE Modem, Adreno 618 GPU
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 600 (250 - 750 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 618Qualcomm Adreno 618
Architecturex86ARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com
NPU / AI5 TOPS INT85 TOPS INT8

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - Celeron J4125
17.1 pt (28%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 860     avg: 1203     median: 1186 (1%)     max: 1563 Points
992 Points (1%)
830 Points (1%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 392     avg: 425.3     median: 438 (18%)     max: 446 Points
307 Points (13%)
321 Points (14%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 155     avg: 166.2     median: 170 (19%)     max: 174 Points
116.8 Points (13%)
114 Points (12%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 304     avg: 449.2     median: 430 (1%)     max: 610 Points
347 Points (1%)
323 Points (1%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 148     avg: 223.4     median: 243 (2%)     max: 271 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 63.1     avg: 72.5     median: 75.3 (21%)     max: 79.1 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2.13     avg: 2.8     median: 3.1 (4%)     max: 3.09 Points
1.9 Points (2%)
2.4 Points (3%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.84     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (20%)     max: 0.92 Points
0.3 Points (8%)
0.8 Points (18%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 2070     avg: 2159     median: 2112 (13%)     max: 2295 Points
511 Points (3%)
1381 Points (8%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 4102     avg: 6188     median: 7128 (5%)     max: 7335 Points
3053 Points (2%)
3518 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 9697     avg: 10201     median: 10201 (7%)     max: 10705 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 3669     avg: 3690     median: 3690 (4%)     max: 3711 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 566     avg: 608     median: 603 (7%)     max: 654.159 s
67%
1 SD 7c +
906 s (11%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 17.3     avg: 18     median: 17.4 (3%)     max: 19.42 s
47%
1 SD 7c +
36.7 s (7%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 1019     avg: 1069     median: 1048 (2%)     max: 1140 Points
1226 Points (2%)
1000 Points (2%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 5694     avg: 7248     median: 7494 (4%)     max: 8399 MIPS
7703 MIPS (4%)
7459 MIPS (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 2237     avg: 2358     median: 2369 (28%)     max: 2444 MIPS
2046 MIPS (24%)
2059 MIPS (24%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 11.31     avg: 13.7     median: 13.1 (0%)     max: 16.75 fps
64%
1 SD 7c +
8.4 fps (0%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 52.6     avg: 64.3     median: 61.4 (2%)     max: 78.9 fps
78%
1 SD 7c +
47.9 fps (1%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 0.95     avg: 1.4     median: 1.5 (3%)     max: 1.61 fps
0.6 fps (1%)
0.6 fps (1%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.163     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (5%)     max: 0.182 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.196     avg: 0.2     median: 0.3 (5%)     max: 0.266 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.8     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (5%)     max: 1.9 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
7856 Seconds (100%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 2198     avg: 2772     median: 2391 (17%)     max: 3860 Seconds
3620 Seconds (25%)
3895 Seconds (27%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 1.525     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (34%)     max: 1.579 sec
2 sec (42%)
2.1 sec (45%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2373     avg: 3327     median: 3740 (8%)     max: 3869 Points
755 Points (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 24.57     avg: 31.6     median: 24.6 (5%)     max: 45.52 s
22.8 s (5%)
29.6 s (6%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 55.9     avg: 68.9     median: 57.4 (2%)     max: 93.4 s
51.4 s (2%)
65 s (3%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 1332.53     avg: 3652     median: 1845 (8%)     max: 7778 s
1132 s (5%)
1436 s (6%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 3522     avg: 5431     median: 5430.5 (4%)     max: 7339 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2348     avg: 2705     median: 2706 (7%)     max: 2986 Points
min: 1735     avg: 1926     median: 1926 (5%)     max: 2117 Points
2060 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 10102     avg: 19782     median: 19782 (16%)     max: 29462 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 11105     avg: 23313     median: 29231 (24%)     max: 29602 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 17507     avg: 26606     median: 26606 (21%)     max: 35705 Points
108%
1 SD 7c +
28728 Points (23%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 1196     avg: 2273     median: 2485 (6%)     max: 2804 Points
2075 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 1602     avg: 3372     median: 3689 (7%)     max: 4271 Points
3433 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 876     avg: 994     median: 984 (4%)     max: 1122 Points
1047 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 SD 7c +
3940 Points (45%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
385 Points (9%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
1226 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 435     avg: 454.2     median: 455 (17%)     max: 466 Points
min: 556     avg: 1047     median: 1046.5 (40%)     max: 1537 Points
min: 597     avg: 700     median: 620 (24%)     max: 882 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1198     avg: 1367     median: 1394 (2%)     max: 1512 Points
min: 1630     avg: 3484     median: 3483.5 (6%)     max: 5337 Points
min: 1687     avg: 2245     median: 1725 (3%)     max: 3323 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 451     avg: 455.7     median: 453 (2%)     max: 463 Points
67%
1 SD 7c +
305 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1163     avg: 1388     median: 1482 (5%)     max: 1519 Points
57%
1 SD 7c +
845 Points (3%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1922     avg: 1948     median: 1924 (19%)     max: 1997 Points
1580 Points (16%)
1579 Points (16%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4246     avg: 5158     median: 5468 (5%)     max: 5761 Points
3667 Points (4%)
3470 Points (3%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2216     avg: 2258     median: 2276 (3%)     max: 2291 ms
min: 1819     avg: 2904     median: 2904 (3%)     max: 3989 ms
min: 1792     avg: 1881     median: 1800 (2%)     max: 2050 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 SD 7c +
min: 361.2     avg: 384.8     median: 384.8 (4%)     max: 408.3 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
20737 Points (15%)
109%
1 SD 7c +
min: 20009     avg: 22703     median: 22523 (16%)     max: 25578 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
68.2 Points (19%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 86.2     avg: 89.2     median: 88.7 (16%)     max: 93.2 Points
95 Points (17%)
min: 78     avg: 83.5     median: 83.5 (15%)     max: 89 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
100%
1 SD 7c +
19557 Points (9%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
100%
1 SD 7c +
min: 8837     avg: 9241     median: 9240.5 (34%)     max: 9644 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
340 Points (13%)
285 Points (11%)
CrXPRT 2 - CrXPRT2 Performance Score
100%
1 SD 7c +
53 Points (29%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 7.87     avg: 12.5     median: 12.4 (2%)     max: 17.4 Watt
7.1 Watt (1%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 9.24     avg: 11     median: 11.4 (2%)     max: 12.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
3.2 Watt (2%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
4.8 Watt (6%)
129%
1 SD 7c +
3.7 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 13     avg: 18.4     median: 19.8 (15%)     max: 22.4 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Celeron J4125 → 100% n=24

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 → 93% n=24

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c → 85% n=24

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