Intel Celeron G555 vs AMD A6-5400K

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Combined performance score

A6-5400K
0.82

Celeron G555 outperforms A6-5400K by 10% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing A6-5400K and Celeron G555 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking24472390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.060.08
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date2 October 2012 (11 years old)1 September 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$89
Current price$92 $87 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron G555 has 33% better value for money than A6-5400K.

Technical specs

A6-5400K and Celeron G555 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data69 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on A6-5400K and Celeron G555 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFM2FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-5400K and Celeron G555. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

A6-5400K and Celeron G555 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-5400K and Celeron G555 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-5400K and Celeron G555. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon HD 7540DIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-5400K and Celeron G555 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-5400K and Celeron G555.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-5400K 0.82
Celeron G555 0.90
+9.8%

Celeron G555 outperforms A6-5400K by 10% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A6-5400K 1262
Celeron G555 1388
+10%

Celeron G555 outperforms A6-5400K by 10% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.82 0.90
Recency 2 October 2012 1 September 2012

We couldn't decide between A6-5400K and Celeron G555. The differences in performance seem too small.


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