Celeron G6900TE vs Pentium Silver N5000

Place in the ranking	2091	2117
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	no data
Power efficiency	24.27	4.03
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Multiplier	11	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	80K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	93 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	1700
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 605	Intel UHD Graphics 710
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	no data
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	6	no data
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	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.

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 Silver N5000 1.60
+3.2%

Celeron G6900TE 1.55

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 Silver N5000 2442
+2.9%

Celeron G6900TE 2373

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.60	1.55
Integrated graphics card	1.17	2.85
Recency	11 December 2017	4 January 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	35 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has a 3.2% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

Celeron G6900TE, on the other hand, has 143.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook processor while Celeron G6900TE is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5000 and Celeron G6900TE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.