Celeron G6900 vs N4020

Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4020
2019
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.97
Celeron G6900
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 46 Watt
2.87
+196%

Celeron G6900 outperforms Celeron N4020 by a whopping 196% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24781664
Place by popularity83not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Gemini Lakeno data
Power efficiency15.305.90
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date4 November 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate15 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 600Intel UHD Graphics 710
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency650 MHz1.3 GHz
Execution Units1216

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900.

PCIe version2.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes620
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

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.

Celeron N4020 0.97
Celeron G6900 2.87
+196%

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 N4020 1548
Celeron G6900 4551
+194%

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.

Celeron N4020 343
Celeron G6900 1681
+390%

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.

Celeron N4020 547
Celeron G6900 2802
+412%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.97 2.87
Integrated graphics card 0.87 2.85
Recency 4 November 2019 4 January 2022
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 46 Watt

Celeron N4020 has 666.7% lower power consumption.

Celeron G6900, on the other hand, has a 195.9% higher aggregate performance score, 227.6% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 2 years.

The Celeron G6900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4020 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron N4020 is a notebook processor while Celeron G6900 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N4020 and Celeron G6900, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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