Celeron G5925 vs Pentium Gold G6600

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G6600
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.69
+53.7%

Pentium Gold G6600 outperforms Celeron G5925 by an impressive 54% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17022020
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency4.392.86
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)no data
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)1 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925 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)no data
Threads42
Base clock speed4.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHzno data
Bus rate8 GT/s8 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925 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
SocketFCLGA1200FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size128 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory64 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz1.05 GHz
InTru 3D++

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6600 and Celeron G5925.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

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 Gold G6600 2.69
+53.7%
Celeron G5925 1.75

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 Gold G6600 4273
+53.3%
Celeron G5925 2787

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.69 1.75
Integrated graphics card 3.09 1.89
Recency 30 April 2020 1 July 2020
Threads 4 2

Pentium Gold G6600 has a 53.7% higher aggregate performance score, 63.5% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

Celeron G5925, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

The Pentium Gold G6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G5925 in performance tests.


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