Intel Celeron G4900 vs AMD Ryzen 3 1200
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.1 GHz Intel Celeron G4900 with 2-cores against the 3.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 1200 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Celeron G4900
- Newer - released 9-months later
- Consumes up to 17% less energy than the Ryzen 3 1200 – 54 vs 65 Watt
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 610
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Unlocked multiplier
- 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 901 vs 768 points
- Around 2.24 GB/s (6%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | April 3, 2018 | July 27, 2017 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | Zen |
| Model number | G4900 | - |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 610 | No |
Performance
| Cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base Frequency | 3.1 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | - | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 31x | 31x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 2MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Power
| Transistors | - | 4.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| TDP | 54 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 610 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 96 | - |
| TMUs | 12 | - |
| ROPs | 2 | - |
| Execution Units | 12 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 30 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-2666 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 37.5 GB/s | 39.74 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Celeron G4900 official page | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | - |
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