Celeron G4950 vs Pentium E5500

Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.68
Celeron G4950
2019
2 cores / 2 threads, 54 Watt
1.77
+160%

Celeron G4950 outperforms Pentium E5500 by a whopping 160% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27402035
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.015.37
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency0.952.99
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date18 April 2010 (14 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109$52

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron G4950 has 53600% better value for money than Pentium E5500.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950 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 speed2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size82 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C100 °C
Number of transistors228 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching-no data

Security technologies

Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5500 and Celeron G4950.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Pentium E5500 0.68
Celeron G4950 1.77
+160%

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.

Pentium E5500 1040
Celeron G4950 2714
+161%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 1.77
Recency 18 April 2010 23 April 2019
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 54 Watt

Celeron G4950 has a 160.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 20.4% lower power consumption.

The Celeron G4950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5500 in performance tests.


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