Ryzen 9 5900X vs Celeron M 900

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 900 and Ryzen 9 5900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated198
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.42
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeron MAMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiencyno data22.20
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Vermeer (Zen3) (2020−2022)
Release date1 April 2009 (15 years ago)8 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$70$549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron M 900 and Ryzen 9 5900X 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 cores1 (Single-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
Multiplierno data37
L1 cacheno data768 KB
L2 cache1 MB6 MB
L3 cacheno data64 MB
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size107 mm22x 74 mm2(CCD) + 125 mm2 (IOD)
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors410 Million0 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 900 and Ryzen 9 5900X 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 configurationno data1
SocketPGA478AM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 900 and Ryzen 9 5900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 900 and Ryzen 9 5900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 900 and Ryzen 9 5900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 900 and Ryzen 9 5900X.

PCIe versionno data4.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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.

Celeron M 900 123
Ryzen 9 5900X 39114
+31700%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron M 900 2101
Ryzen 9 5900X 6828
+225%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron M 900 1000
Ryzen 9 5900X 16438
+1544%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2009 8 October 2020
Physical cores 1 12
Threads 1 24
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 105 Watt

Celeron M 900 has 200% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 5900X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 900 and Ryzen 9 5900X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M 900 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 5900X is a desktop one.


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