Intel Core i3-2120 vs Intel Celeron J6412

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

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1307 points
1329 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2496 points
2522 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

989 points
1005 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

949 points
965 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i3-2120 and the Celeron J6412? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1022 points
1239 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

497 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
438 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
64% significantly higher clock speed
2.00 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
10 W
550% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
100% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

869th of 1,089
862nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Celeron J Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4-3733

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i3-2120 vs Celeron J6412 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Celeron J6412 beats the Core i3-2120 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2120 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Celeron J6412 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-2120 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-2120 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron J6412. The Celeron J6412 outputs less heat than Core i3-2120 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons