Celeron G6900: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Celeron G6900 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.94% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Celeron G6900 sales 4 January 2022. This is an Alder Lake-S architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3.4 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 1700 processor with a TDP of 46 Watt. It supports DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel memory.
Primary details
Celeron G6900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 1595 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 16.53 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Alder Lake-S (2022) | |
| Release date | 4 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 80K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1.25 MB (per core) | of 96 (EPYC 9654) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | of 1152.001953125 (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron G6900 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 1700 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 46 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Celeron G6900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| TSX | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Celeron G6900's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel | |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Celeron G6900.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 710 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Celeron G6900. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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%
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Celeron G6900 is FX-6350, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Celeron G6900, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Celeron G6900 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 524 configurations using Celeron G6900 in our database.
