Intel Celeron J3455E vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Processor comparisons 24-05-2021

   Let's say you have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the full tests Intel Celeron J3455E vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U and decide which is better for games or normal use for video editing, machine learning, streaming, programming, rendering. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or different benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, Furmark, Prime95, Dolphin Emulator, VeraCrypt, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, Handbrake, PassMark, SuperPi, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, WPrime, UserBenchmark, 7zip, Blender, AIDA64, RealBench, PCMark 10, MATLAB, DaVinci Resolve Studio.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Borderlands 3
DOOM: Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Apex Legends
Red Dead Redemption 2
Death Stranding
Watch Dogs Legion
Valheim
Last Man Standing
Overwatch
Valorant
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Rainbow Six Siege
Halo Infinite
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Fortnite
Fallout 76

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon PRO 300U or Intel Celeron J3455E.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Celeron J3455E

50%

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

This parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Athlon PRO 300U is 1% better than Celeron J3455E. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Celeron J3455E

50%

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Half-Life: Alyx, NBA 2K20, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Hitman 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Microsoft Flight Simulator, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.2	90.0
Valorant	101.3	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	56.7	57.3
Apex Legends	95.2	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.0	76.7
Overwatch	82.1	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	69.9	70.6
DOOM Eternal	50.7	51.1
Warzone	79.0	79.8
Assassin's Creed	85.1	85.9
Valheim	84.1	84.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Celeron J3455E

107%

Athlon PRO 300U

165%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon PRO 300U is more energy efficient than the Celeron J3455E since it has less power consumption: 10W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, programming, video editing or video rendering, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Celeron J3455E	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	103	140
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	247	392
Cinbench 20 Single-core	222	330
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	514	826
Cinbench 23 Single-core	555	523
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1322	2520

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Celeron J3455E	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	872	1870
Multi-Core	2339	4441

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Celeron J3455E	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	323	746
Multi-Core	1139	1978

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	Intel Celeron J3455E	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	October 01, 2019
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1296	FP5
Core name	Apollo Lake	Raven Ridge
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	8	1
Turbo Frequency	2.3 MHz	3.3 MHz
Frequency	1.5 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1300 millions	1600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	10 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Max. Memory	8 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		384KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	2 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		YM300BC4T2OFG n/a

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon PRO 300U is 37% better than Celeron J3455E in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Celeron J3455E has 2 more core than Athlon PRO 300U. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Celeron J3455E is better: 6
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon PRO 300U is better: 27
However, it should be understood that all the number in the text above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Celeron J3455E and AMD Athlon PRO 300U before making a selection which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Celeron J3455E - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Celeron J3455E specs and review.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon PRO 300U specs and review.