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Intel Celeron G5900 vs Intel Core i5-9500. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2020
Intel Celeron G5900
Intel Celeron G5900
Released
Q2/2019
Overall score
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Intel Core i5-9500
Intel Core i5-9500

What's the best choice Intel Celeron G5900 or Intel Core i5-9500? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Celeron G5900 has a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 58 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Intel Core i5-9500 has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1266 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 12% better clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    58 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Celeron G5900 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    395 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    484 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    803 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    674 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1324 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    662 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 3 times more cores

    6 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-9500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    205 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    309 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    386 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    545 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    818 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    21 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    159 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    446 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Celeron G5900 Intel Celeron G5900
Intel Core i5-9500 Intel Core i5-9500
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Celeron left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 9
  • CPU group
    Intel Celeron G5000 left arrow Intel Core i 9000
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i5-8500
  • Successor
    Intel Celeron G5905 left arrow Intel Core i5-10500
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.40 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 4.40 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 6
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 610 left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.05 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2016 left arrow Q4/2017
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-9500 and Intel Celeron G5900. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron G5900 and Intel Core i5-9500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    58 W left arrow 65 W
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron G5900 and Intel Celeron G5900, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow 9.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Coffee Lake S Refresh
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow LGA 1151-2
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q2/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Celeron G5900 and Intel Core i5-9500.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
145
Intel Celeron G5900
182
Intel Core i5-9500
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
258
Intel Celeron G5900
1016
Intel Core i5-9500
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
202
Intel Celeron G5900
422
Intel Core i5-9500

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