AMD Ryzen 3 2200U vs Intel Celeron N4120

Ryzen 3 2200U vs Celeron N4120 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2200U performs better than the Celeron N4120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron N4120 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Celeron N4120 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 2200U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 2200U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N4120. The Celeron N4120 outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 2200U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.