Pentium Gold G5500 vs Celeron G4900
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold G5500 outperforms Celeron G4900 by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron G4900 and Pentium Gold G5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2153 | 1782 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.95 | 4.74 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Pentium Gold |
| Power efficiency | 2.80 | 4.47 |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 2 April 2018 (6 years ago) | 2 April 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $42 | $75 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Pentium Gold G5500 has 61% better value for money than Celeron G4900.
Detailed specifications
Celeron G4900 and Pentium Gold G5500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 31 | 38 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 126 mm2 | 126 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | 72 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron G4900 and Pentium Gold G5500 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | 1151 | 1151 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 54 Watt | 54 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Gold G5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Gold G5500 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Gold G5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 610 | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Gold G5500.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.51 | 2.41 |
| Integrated graphics card | 1.89 | 3.09 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
Pentium Gold G5500 has a 59.6% higher aggregate performance score, 63.5% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.
The Pentium Gold G5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G4900 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron G4900 and Pentium Gold G5500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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