Celeron 847 vs Pentium G620

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G620 and Celeron 847 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2510	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.43	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	22 May 2011 (13 years ago)	19 June 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$60	$134
Current price	$73 (1.2x MSRP)	$93 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G620 and Celeron 847 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	2.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	131 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G620 and Celeron 847 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	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G620 and Celeron 847. 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	no data	+
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	+	+
Fast Memory Access	+	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Pentium G620 and Celeron 847 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G620 and Celeron 847 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G620 and Celeron 847. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	800 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G620 and Celeron 847 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G620 and Celeron 847.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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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Cost	$60	$134
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	17 Watt

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