AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Celeron N4120

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Celeron N4120 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600G performs better than the Celeron N4120. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron N4120 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more cores than the Celeron N4120. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Celeron N4120. It also has more threads than the Celeron N4120. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N4120. The Celeron N4120 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600G 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 Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.