Intel Celeron N4120

The Intel Celeron N4120 is a quad-core SoC primarily for inexpensive notebooks and was announced late 2019. It runs at 1.1-2.6 GHz (Single Core Burst) and is based on the Gemini Lake platform. Compared to the predecessor, the Celeron N4100, the refresh offers a 200 MHz higher Boost clock. Similar to the Apollo Lake predecessors, the chip is manufactured in a 14 nm process with FinFETs but offers slightly improved processor cores, double the amount of L2 cache, a smaller package, a new generation of monitor outputs (Gen 10) and a partly integrated WiFi chip. 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 SoC is not replaceable as it is directly soldered to the mainboard.

Architecture

The processor architecture ist 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 CPU performance of the Celeron N4120 is slightly higher than the older N4100 thanks to the 200 MHz higher Boost clock. Compared to the more expensive Core Y processors, especially the single thread performance is much lower in the Gemini Lake based SoCs. Still for basic tasks like office suits, browsing with moderate multitasking the processor performance should be fine.

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 700 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

Similar to the predecessor, Intel specifies the TDP with 6 Watts (SDP 4.8 Watts – Scenario Design Power). The chip can therefore be cooled passively in theory, but SKUs with fans are possible as well.

Benchmarks

Geekbench 4.4 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

1915 Points (30%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
	UHD Graphics 600	8192 MB			1915

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -78%

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Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 -5%

Apple A8X -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro -5%

Intel Celeron N4000 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 960 -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 970 -1%

AMD A10-4600M 0%

Intel Celeron N4120

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) 0%

AMD A6-9220 2%

Intel Pentium 3558U 3%

AMD A6-9225 3%

Mediatek Helio P90 4%

Intel Celeron J4005 4%

Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa 5%

Intel Pentium Silver N5000 6%

AMD A4-5150M 7%

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Intel Core i9-9900KS 229%

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Geekbench 4.4 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

5477 Points (10%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
	UHD Graphics 600	8192 MB			5477

AMD E1-2100 -81%

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HiSilicon Kirin 950 -4%

Apple A9X -4%

AMD A10-5750M -3%

Samsung Exynos 9609 -3%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 -2%

Mediatek MT8183 -1%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 0%

Apple A10 Fusion 0%

Intel Celeron N4120

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 1%

Samsung Exynos 9610 2%

Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 3%

Mediatek Helio P60 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 4%

Intel Core i5-5250U 5%

HiSilicon Kirin 960s 6%

Intel Pentium Silver N5000 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 7%

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Intel Core i9-9980XE 907%

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