Intel Celeron G4900 vs AMD Athlon X4 970

Intel Celeron G4900
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2018
Intel Celeron G4900
AMD Athlon X4 970
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
AMD Athlon X4 970

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    130%
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    157%
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    103%
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G4900

Much higher single threaded performance (around 57% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 970.
Around 30% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970

None

Intel Celeron G4900

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Celeron G4900

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron G4900AMD Athlon X4 970
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
3DNow!
SSE4
SSE4.1
SSE4A
AMD64
AES
FMA4
TBM
XOP
AMD-V
EVP
Turbo Core

Architecture

Intel Celeron G4900AMD Athlon X4 970
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsBristol Ridge
Release DateApr 2018vsJul 2017

Cores

Intel Celeron G4900AMD Athlon X4 970
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 610vsNo

Cache

Intel Celeron G4900AMD Athlon X4 970
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Celeron G4900AMD Athlon X4 970
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvs74°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs246mm²
Process14 nmvs28 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron G4900AMD Athlon X4 970
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP51 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    3720 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    2760 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    7440 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    9124 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G4900 (simulated)
    133.47
  • AMD Athlon X4 970 (simulated)
    84.76

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G4900 (simulated)
    331.04
  • AMD Athlon X4 970 (simulated)
    319

points - higher is better