Intel Celeron J1900 vs AMD A9-9420

Compare Intel Celeron J Series 4 core CPU vs AMD A9-Series APU for Laptops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

686 points
692 points
0.87% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1266 points
1528 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

523 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
492 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

502 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
472 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

521 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
500 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

179 points
325 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

10 W
49% significantly lower TDP
15 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,036th of 1,089
1,031st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Celeron J Series
A9-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Celeron J1900 vs A9-9420 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A9-9420 beats the Celeron J1900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron J1900 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Celeron J1900 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A9-9420 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A9-9420. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A9-9420 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron J1900.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Celeron J1900 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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