Celeron G4950 vs Pentium E6500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2632	2008
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.74	5.37
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	9 August 2009 (15 years ago)	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$50	$52

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron G4950 has 626% better value for money than Pentium E6500.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E6500 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.93 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	82 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V – 1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6500 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	LGA775	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® 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
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)	Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory	no data	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.05 GHz
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron G4950.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.76	1.76
Recency	9 August 2009	23 April 2019
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	54 Watt

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