Intel Celeron G5900 vs AMD Athlon X4 970

Intel Celeron G5900
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Celeron G5900
AMD Athlon X4 970
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
AMD Athlon X4 970

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G5900

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 970.
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron G5900AMD 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
ABM
ADX
RdRand
3DNow!
SSE4
SSE4.1
SSE4A
AMD64
AES
FMA4
TBM
XOP
AMD-V
EVP
Turbo Core

Architecture

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Athlon X4 970
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameComet LakevsBristol Ridge
Release DateApr 2020vsJul 2017

Cores

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Athlon X4 970
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD 610vsNo

Cache

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Athlon X4 970
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2MB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Athlon X4 970
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvs74°C
PackageFC-LGA1200vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs246mm²
Process14 nmvs28 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Athlon X4 970
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.475 V
TDP58 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G5900
    4080 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    2760 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G5900
    8160 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 970
    9124 points

Points - higher is better