Intel Pentium G850 vs Intel Celeron G550

Intel Pentium G850
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 2 / May 2011
Intel Pentium G850
Intel Celeron G550
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
Intel Celeron G550

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G850
    114%
  • Intel Celeron G550
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G850
    114%
  • Intel Celeron G550
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G850
    114%
  • Intel Celeron G550
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G850

14% higher single threaded performance.
14% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 14% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G550

None

Intel Pentium G850

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium G850

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G850Intel Celeron G550
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Smart Cache.
EIST
XD bit
Smart Cache

Architecture

Intel Pentium G850Intel Celeron G550
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsSandy Bridge
Release DateMay 2011vsJun 2012

Cores

Intel Pentium G850Intel Celeron G550
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)vsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

Intel Pentium G850Intel Celeron G550
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G850Intel Celeron G550
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA10
Die Size131mm²vs131mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G850Intel Celeron G550
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs2600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G850
    2900 points
  • Intel Celeron G550
    2600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G850
    5800 points
  • Intel Celeron G550
    5200 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium G850
    3645
  • Intel Celeron G550
    3109

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium G850
    2105
  • Intel Celeron G550
    1796

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G850 (simulated)
    95.62
  • Intel Celeron G550 (simulated)
    85.73

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G850 (simulated)
    206.52
  • Intel Celeron G550 (simulated)
    185.15

points - higher is better