Celeron G6900E vs Pentium 977

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 977 and Celeron G6900E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2682not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency4.04no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date16 January 2012 (12 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 977 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.4 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier14no data
L1 cache128 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm10 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 977 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA10231700
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 977 and Celeron G6900E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 977 and Celeron G6900E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 977 and Celeron G6900E are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 977 and Celeron G6900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size16.38 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics 710
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 977 and Celeron G6900E integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 977 and Celeron G6900E.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 January 2012 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 46 Watt

Pentium 977 has 170.6% lower power consumption.

Celeron G6900E, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 977 and Celeron G6900E. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium 977 is a notebook processor while Celeron G6900E is a desktop one.


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