Celeron N2820 vs Pentium G6950

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2614not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.01no data
Architecture codenameClarkdale (2010−2011)Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)1 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$60$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820 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 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.39 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature73 °C105 °C
Number of transistors382 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820 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
SocketFCLGA1156FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)73 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
Smart Connectno data+
FDI+no data
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16.38 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HDIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Clear Video HD--
Graphics max frequencyno data756 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported22

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes164
USB revisionno data3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5

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.

Pentium G6950 1238
+147%
Celeron N2820 502

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.

Pentium G6950 307
+55.1%
Celeron N2820 198

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.

Pentium G6950 526
+53.4%
Celeron N2820 343

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 1 December 2013
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 73 Watt 7 Watt

Celeron N2820 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 942.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium G6950 and Celeron N2820. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium G6950 is a desktop processor while Celeron N2820 is a notebook one.


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