Intel Celeron G4900 vs Intel Core i7 5960X
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Celeron G4900 with 2 cores 3.1GHz and Intel Core i7 5960X with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Celeron G4900 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 8 months late
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (2400 vs 2133)
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 3.0GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)
Lower TDP (54W vs 140W)
Intel Core i7 5960X 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (68GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 2MB)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Celeron G4900
585
Intel Core i7 5960X
+112%
1244
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Celeron G4900
1070
Intel Core i7 5960X
+523%
6669
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Intel Celeron G4900
763
Intel Core i7 5960X
+16%
892
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Intel Celeron G4900
1421
Intel Core i7 5960X
+394%
7026
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Celeron G4900
1882
Intel Core i7 5960X
+4%
1963
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Celeron G4900
2427
Intel Core i7 5960X
+421%
12655
General Parameters
Apr 2018
Release Date
Aug 2014
Intel
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Haswell E
G4900
Processor Number
i7-5960X
LGA-1151
Socket
LGA-2011-3
UHD Graphics 610
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Package
-
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
54 W
Power Consumption
140 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
8
2
Performance Core Threads
16
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
2
Total Core Count
8
2
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
31x
Multiplier
30x
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
2 MB shared
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
64 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
4
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
68 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
350 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
96
Shader Units
-
12
Texture Units
-
2
Raster Operation Units
-
12
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
4096x2304 - 30 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.2 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
3.0
16
PCIe Lanes
40
SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.2, AVX-2
