Celeron 5205U vs Pentium G2020

Place in the ranking	2411	2527
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Comet Lake
Power efficiency	1.82	5.65
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date	21 January 2013 (11 years ago)	31 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$60	$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U 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	2.9 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	1.9 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	4 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	3072 KB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	94 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U 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	FCLGA1155	FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors	Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G2020 and Celeron 5205U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

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.

Pentium G2020 1.10
+18.3%

Celeron 5205U 0.93

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.

Pentium G2020 1690
+18.3%

Celeron 5205U 1428

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.

Pentium G2020 474
+24.1%

Celeron 5205U 382

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.

Pentium G2020 810
+21.6%

Celeron 5205U 666