Celeron N5095A vs Pentium Gold G6500

Place in the ranking	1730	1738
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	4.26	16.34
Architecture codename	Comet Lake (2020)	Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date	30 April 2020 (4 years ago)	1 July 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	4.1 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A 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	FCLGA1200	BGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A 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 Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A.

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

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 G6500 2.61
+0.8%

Celeron N5095A 2.59

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 Gold G6500 4140
+0.7%

Celeron N5095A 4111

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.61	2.59
Integrated graphics card	3.09	5.58
Recency	30 April 2020	1 July 2021
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	15 Watt

Pentium Gold G6500 has a 0.8% higher aggregate performance score.

Celeron N5095A, on the other hand, has 80.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 286.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold G6500 and Celeron N5095A, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.