Intel Celeron G5905 vs Intel Celeron 3955U

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Intel Celeron G5905 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 3955U
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron 3955U

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron G5905 or Intel Celeron 3955U - 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 Intel Celeron G5905 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G5905 was released in Q3/2020.

The Intel Celeron 3955U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3955U was released in Q4/2015.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Celeron G5000 (8) CPU group Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
9 Generation 7
Comet Lake S Architecture Kaby Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Celeron G5900 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron G5905 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron G5905 is 3.50 GHz while the Intel Celeron 3955U has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 3955U is at 2.00 GHz.
Intel Celeron G5905 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3955U
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 2.00 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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3955U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron G5905 or Intel Celeron 3955U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel HD Graphics 610 GPU Intel HD Graphics 510
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
12 Compute units 12
96 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.0

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.
Intel HD Graphics 610 GPU Intel HD Graphics 510
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron G5905 can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Celeron 3955U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.
Intel Celeron G5905 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3955U
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
128 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron G5905 is 58 W, while the Intel Celeron 3955U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Celeron G5905 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3955U
58 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 10 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron G5905 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron 3955U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
Intel Celeron G5905 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3955U
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 1200 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2015
60 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron G5905 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U (58%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron G5905 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U (56%)

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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
907 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
514 (57%)

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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1671 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
1018 (61%)

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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.90 GHz
173 (86%)

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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
2790 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
1488 (53%)

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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
147 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
85 (58%)

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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
287 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
159 (55%)

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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
848 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1646 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
445 (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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
780 (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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
326 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
615 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 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.
Intel Celeron G5905 Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
802 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3955U Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
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