Intel Celeron J4115 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron J4115 and AMD Athlon II X3 420e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - CPU mark, PassMark - Single thread mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Celeron J4115

AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron J4115

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2687 vs 1557
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1068 vs 1058

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 3
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2687 vs 1557
PassMark - Single thread mark	1068 vs 1058

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron J4115
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 420e

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2687

1557

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1068

1058

Name	Intel Celeron J4115	AMD Athlon II X3 420e
PassMark - CPU mark	2687	1557
PassMark - Single thread mark	1068	1058
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2127

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron J4115	AMD Athlon II X3 420e
Essentials
Place in performance rating	2099	2114
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Rana
Launch date		September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)		$116
Price now		$116.15
Value for money (0-100)		5.80
Performance
Base frequency	1.8 GHz
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	3
Number of threads	4
64 bit support
Die size		169 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology		45 nm
Transistor count		300 million
Memory
Maximum memory size	8 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Sockets supported		AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt