AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Celeron 3205U

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 3205U
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Intel Celeron 3205U

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H or Intel Celeron 3205U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H was released in Q2/2021.

The Intel Celeron 3205U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3205U was released in Q1/2015.
AMD Ryzen 9 (35) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Ryzen 5000H (11) CPU group Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
4 Generation 7
Cezanne (Zen 3) Architecture Kaby Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (4.60 GHz). The Intel Celeron 3205U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 3205U
8 Cores 2
16 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.10 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
4.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 3205U
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Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.10 GHz
1.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
9 GPU Generation 8
7 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
8 Compute units 12
512 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3205U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 3205U
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
12 PCIe lanes 12
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Celeron 3205U is 15 W.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 3205U
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
54 W TDP up --
-- TDP down 10 W
95 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a 20.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 3205U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 3205U
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket BGA 1168
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2015
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U (22%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U (6%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1488 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
320 (22%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
8449 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
621 (7%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz
1792 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
154 (9%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
21400 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
935 (4%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1478 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
12892 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
287 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
480 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
578 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
4998 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
348 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
61 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
117 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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