Celeron G6900E vs E3500

Primary details

Comparing Celeron E3500 and Celeron G6900E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2816	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.99	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.86	no data
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date	29 August 2010 (14 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$62	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron E3500 and Celeron G6900E 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E3500 and Celeron G6900E 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	LGA775	1700
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E3500 and Celeron G6900E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Celeron E3500 and Celeron G6900E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E3500 and Celeron G6900E are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E3500 and Celeron G6900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics 710

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E3500 and Celeron G6900E.

PCIe version

2.0

5.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 August 2010	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	46 Watt

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