Intel Celeron G4900 vs Intel Core i7-2600K

Intel Celeron G4900
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2018
Intel Celeron G4900
Intel Core i7-2600K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    141%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    103%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    185%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G4900

44 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 85% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i7-2600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-2600K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron G4900Intel Core i7-2600K
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
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Celeron G4900Intel Core i7-2600K
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameCoffee LakevsSandy Bridge
Release DateApr 2018vsJan 2011

Cores

Intel Celeron G4900Intel Core i7-2600K
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 610vsIntel HD 3000

Cache

Intel Celeron G4900Intel Core i7-2600K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Celeron G4900Intel Core i7-2600K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs216mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron G4900Intel Core i7-2600K
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    3720 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G4900
    7440 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    16320 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G4900 (simulated)
    133.47
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    129

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G4900 (simulated)
    331.04
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    614

points - higher is better