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AMD Ryzen 7 4980U vs Intel Celeron J4125

AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 4980U

The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U is a Renoir family processor designed for certain Microsoft Surface systems. 4980U has eight Zen 2 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz (base clock speed) to 4.4 GHz (Boost) with thread-doubling SMT tech enabled for a total of 16 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to that AMD promises a 2x improvement in performance-per-Watt over Ryzen 3000 series mobile CPUs.

Architecture

The Zen 2 microarchitecture has brought a sizeable per-thread performance boost compared to the outgoing Zen+ parts. Renoir product family is also the first to introduce 8-core ULV processors to laptop market, keeping power consumption within reasonable limits. This AMD processor family is very impressive from most perspectives. One of the disatvantages to keep in mind is the lack of PCI-Express 4 support, meaning these blazing-fast NVMe SSDs will be limited to 3.9 GB/s tops.

Ryzen 7 4980U is designed to work with quad-channel LPDDR4 memory at up to 4,267 MHz. 8 MB of Level 3 are present in this chip. The Ryzen 7 gets soldered straight to the motherboard (FP6 socket) and is thus not user-replaceable. Please go to our Renoir hub page for more information on the product family.

Performance

The 4980U is the fastest U-class Ryzen 4000 series chip. As such, its clock speeds are 200 MHz higher (both the base one and Boost one) than what the Ryzen 7 4800U has.

It is thus hardly surprising that the average 4980U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 7 5800U and also the Core i7-1260P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Graphics

In addition to its eight CPU cores, the Ryzen 7 also features the Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics adapter with 8 CUs (= 512 shaders) at up to 1,950 MHz. This iGPU is compatible with FreeSync and DirectX 12 and is able to HW-decode AVC, HEVC, VP9-encoded videos (no AV1 support here). Vega 8 is capable of outputting UHD 2160p60 video signal to several monitors and, similar to Intel's Iris Xe (80 EUs), is good enough for a bit of light gaming on the go, provided one is content with sub-1080p resolutions and low/medium quailty presets.

Power consumption

The APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W; much like it is with other U-class Ryzen 4000 chips, AMD is fine with laptop makers (Microsoft, in this case) changing that value to anything between 10 W and 25 W.

The 7 nm TSMC process this Ryzen 7 is built with makes for above average, as of mid 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Celeron J4125

► remove from comparison Intel Celeron J4125

The Intel Celeron J4125 is a quad-core SoC primarily for inexpensive mini PCs and was announced late 2019. It runs at 2-2.7 GHz (Single Core Burst) and is based on the Gemini Lake platform (2019 refresh). Compared to the predecessor, the refresh offers slightly higher clock speeds. Similar to the Apollo Lake predecessors, the chip is manufactured on a 14 nm process with FinFETs but offers slightly improved processor cores, double the amount of L2 cache, partial Wi-Fi 5 support, all in a smaller package. Besides four CPU cores, the chip also includes a DirectX 12 capable GPU as well as a DDR4/LPDDR4 memory controller (dual-channel, up to 2400 MHz). The processor is not replaceable as it is directly soldered to the mainboard.

Architecture

The processor architecture is still called Goldmont Plus. Compared to the older Goldmont cores in Apollo Lake, they feature an increased level 2 cache (to 4 MB). That means the per-clock-performance should be a bit better, but not near the Core CPUs like Kaby Lake Y.

Performance

The average J4125 in our database outguns the AMD 3050e just slightly, the latter being a dual-core, Zen-based, entry-level processor of nearly the same energy efficiency, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This means the Celeron is a very basic CPU that's good for basic day-to-day activities only.

The Beelink GK Mini is one of the fastest systems built around the J4125 that we know of. It can be roughly 70% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

GPU Performance

The UHD Graphics 600 (Gemini Lake) is based on Intel's Gen9 architecture, which supports DirectX 12 and is also used for the Kaby Lake / Skylake / Apollo Lake graphics adapters (like HD Graphics 520). Equipped with 12 EUs and a clock of up to 750 MHz, the performance should be roughly on par with the older HD Graphics 500 (Apollo Lake).

The chip also includes an advanced video engine with hardware support for the playback of VP9 and H.265 material (8-bit color-depth).

Power consumption

Like most J-class Intel processors, the Celeron has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 10 W. This is low enough, allowing laptop makers to ditch fans while building a passively cooled laptop, tablet or mini-PC around the chip.

The Intel Celeron J4125 is built with one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for poor, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 7 4980UIntel Celeron J4125
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Gemini Lake
CodenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Gemini Lake Refresh
Series: Gemini Lake Gemini Lake Refresh
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U « 2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U compare1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U compare2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U compare2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U compare2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U compare2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U compare2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 compare2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 compare1.1 - 3.1 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron J4125 « 2 - 2.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron N4120 compare1.1 - 2.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Celeron J4025 compare2 - 2.9 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron N4020 compare1.1 - 2.8 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock2000 - 4400 MHz2000 - 2700 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB
L2 Cache4 MB4 MB
L3 Cache8 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 164 / 4
TDP15 Watt10 Watt
Technology7 nm14 nm
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C
SocketFP6BGA1090
FeaturesLPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHADDR4-2400/LPDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 2, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, Turbo, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGX
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1950 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 600 (250 - 750 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 4980U
33.6 pt (47%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - Celeron J4125
17.8 pt (25%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
9164 Points (9%)
min: 860     avg: 1203     median: 1186 (1%)     max: 1563 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1260 Points (54%)
min: 392     avg: 425.3     median: 438 (19%)     max: 446 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
492 Points (55%)
min: 155     avg: 166.2     median: 170 (19%)     max: 174 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
3453 Points (8%)
min: 304     avg: 449.2     median: 430 (1%)     max: 610 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1658 Points (10%)
min: 148     avg: 223.4     median: 243 (2%)     max: 271 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
182 Points (55%)
min: 63.1     avg: 72.5     median: 75.3 (23%)     max: 79.1 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
18.9 Points (25%)
min: 2.13     avg: 2.8     median: 3.1 (4%)     max: 3.09 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (53%)
min: 0.84     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (21%)     max: 0.92 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5715 Points (35%)
min: 2070     avg: 2159     median: 2112 (13%)     max: 2295 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
35106 Points (25%)
min: 4102     avg: 6188     median: 7128 (5%)     max: 7335 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 9697     avg: 10201     median: 10201 (7%)     max: 10705 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 3669     avg: 3690     median: 3690 (4%)     max: 3711 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 566     avg: 608     median: 603 (7%)     max: 654.159 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 17.3     avg: 18     median: 17.4 (3%)     max: 19.42 s
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
236.1 s (1%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
7.4 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 1019     avg: 1069     median: 1048 (2%)     max: 1140 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
42368 MIPS (24%)
min: 5694     avg: 7248     median: 7494 (4%)     max: 8399 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4320 MIPS (52%)
min: 2237     avg: 2358     median: 2369 (28%)     max: 2444 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 11.31     avg: 13.7     median: 13.1 (5%)     max: 16.75 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 52.6     avg: 64.3     median: 61.4 (14%)     max: 78.9 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
9.8 fps (17%)
min: 0.95     avg: 1.4     median: 1.5 (3%)     max: 1.61 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.163     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (0%)     max: 0.182 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.196     avg: 0.2     median: 0.3 (5%)     max: 0.266 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.8     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (5%)     max: 1.9 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
7856 Seconds (100%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
342 Seconds (2%)
min: 2198     avg: 2772     median: 2391 (17%)     max: 3860 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (14%)
min: 1.525     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (34%)     max: 1.579 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2373     avg: 3327     median: 3740 (8%)     max: 3869 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.6 s (2%)
min: 24.57     avg: 31.6     median: 24.6 (5%)     max: 45.52 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.8 s (1%)
min: 55.9     avg: 68.9     median: 57.4 (2%)     max: 93.4 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
758 s (3%)
min: 1332.53     avg: 3652     median: 1845 (8%)     max: 7778 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 3522     avg: 5431     median: 5430.5 (5%)     max: 7339 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
11759 Points (32%)
min: 2348     avg: 2705     median: 2706 (7%)     max: 2986 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 10102     avg: 19782     median: 19782 (16%)     max: 29462 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 11105     avg: 23313     median: 29231 (24%)     max: 29602 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 17507     avg: 26606     median: 26606 (22%)     max: 35705 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
10152 Points (26%)
min: 1196     avg: 2273     median: 2485 (6%)     max: 2804 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
18654 Points (33%)
min: 1602     avg: 3372     median: 3689 (7%)     max: 4271 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
5917 Points (25%)
min: 876     avg: 994     median: 984 (4%)     max: 1122 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1133 Points (48%)
min: 435     avg: 454.2     median: 455 (19%)     max: 466 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
7156 Points (13%)
min: 1198     avg: 1367     median: 1394 (2%)     max: 1512 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 451     avg: 455.7     median: 453 (2%)     max: 463 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1163     avg: 1388     median: 1482 (5%)     max: 1519 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1922     avg: 1948     median: 1924 (19%)     max: 1997 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4246     avg: 5158     median: 5468 (6%)     max: 5761 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
811 ms (1%)
min: 2216     avg: 2258     median: 2276 (3%)     max: 2291 ms
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
68.2 Points (20%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
210 Points (44%)
min: 86.2     avg: 89.2     median: 88.7 (18%)     max: 93.2 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
340 Points (13%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 7.87     avg: 12.5     median: 12.4 (2%)     max: 17.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 9.24     avg: 11     median: 11.4 (2%)     max: 12.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
3.2 Watt (2%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 13     avg: 18.4     median: 19.8 (15%)     max: 22.4 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 4980U → 100% n=26

Average Benchmarks Intel Celeron J4125 → 42% n=26

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