Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL vs Intel Celeron J3455E

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Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron J3455E
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Celeron J3455E

CPU comparison

Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL or Intel Celeron J3455E - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL has 12 cores with 14 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. Up to 96 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL was released in Q2/2024.

The Intel Celeron J3455E has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J3455E was released in Q3/2019.
Intel Core Ultra 5 (10) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Core Ultra 100UL (5) CPU group Intel Celeron J3000 (4)
1 Generation 7
Meteor Lake PS Architecture Apollo Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 14 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL is 1.30 GHz (4.30 GHz) while the Intel Celeron J3455E has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron J3455E is at 1.50 GHz (2.30 GHz).

Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455E
12 Cores 4
14 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz (4.30 GHz)
2x Redwood Cove
A-Core 1.50 GHz (2.30 GHz)
0.80 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Crestmont
B-Core --
0.70 GHz (2.10 GHz)
2x Crestmont
C-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455E
Intel AI engine AI hardware --
Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL or Intel Celeron J3455E has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel HD Graphics 500
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.25 GHz
1.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.70 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
5 nm Technology 14 nm
4 Max. displays 3
64 Compute units 12
512 Shader 96
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12.2 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Intel HD Graphics 500
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL can use up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The Intel Celeron J3455E supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.

Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455E
DDR5-5600 Memory LPDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1866
96 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
12.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 2.0
20 PCIe lanes 6
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL is 15 W, while the Intel Celeron J3455E has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455E
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
57 W TDP (PL2) --
28 W TDP up --
12 W TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL is manufactured in 7 nm and has 12.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron J3455E is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Characteristic Intel Celeron J3455E
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 1851 Socket BGA 1296
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2024 Release date Q3/2019
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 1.85 GHz
1835 (100%)
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.70 GHz
134 (7%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL
12C 14T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
331 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL
12C 14T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1224 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL
12C 14T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
292 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL
12C 14T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
874 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL
12C 14T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
2255 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL
12C 14T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
50 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL Intel Core Ultra 5 125UL
12C 14T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
93 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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