Intel Celeron G5900 vs AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Intel Celeron G5900
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Celeron G5900
AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G5900

67 watts lower power draw.
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 Phenom II X4 980 BE.
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

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 Phenom II X4 980 BE
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

Architecture

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsAMD K10
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameComet LakevsDeneb
Release DateApr 2020vsMay 2011

Cores

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD 610vsNo

Cache

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsAMD Socket AM3
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs258mm²
Process14 nmvs45 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron G5900AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs2000 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.325 V
TDP58 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G5900
    4080 points
  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    2331 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G5900
    8160 points
  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    9324 points

Points - higher is better