Pentium Gold G6605 vs Celeron N4500

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2198	1581
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	9.42
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake (2021)	Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	no data	$176

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605 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	4
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	4.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1.5 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605 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	FCBGA1338	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
SIPP	no data	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	-	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	16 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memory	no data	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	16	no data
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@60Hz	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4500 and Pentium Gold G6605.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	16
USB revision	2.0/3.2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	14	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

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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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.

Pentium Gold G6605 outperforms Celeron N4500 by 130% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.27	2.92
Recency	11 January 2021	16 March 2021
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	58 Watt

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