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Intel Celeron G5905 vs Intel Core i5-6500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 96 %
Intel Celeron G5905
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6500
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 54 %
Intel Celeron G5905
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-6500
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
848 pts
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
923 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
1,646 pts
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
3,097 pts
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
326 cb
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
354 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
907
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
902
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
615 cb
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
1,299 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
1,671
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
2,956
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron G5905
Intel HD Graphics 610
202
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel HD Graphics 530
403
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
802
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,453
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
147 cb
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
153 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
287 cb
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
565 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Celeron G5905Intel Core i5-6500
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Celeron G5000 (8)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureComet Lake SSkylake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1200LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Celeron G5900
SuccessorIntel Core i5-7500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron G5905Intel Core i5-6500
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 3.50 GHz 3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache4.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron G5905Intel Core i5-6500
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 610Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.05 GHz0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 9624 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2016Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Celeron G5905Intel Core i5-6500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Celeron G5905Intel Core i5-6500
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron G5905Intel Core i5-6500
TDP58 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Celeron G5905Intel Core i5-6500
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2020Q3/2015
Release price60 $250 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron G5905
Intel Celeron G5905
2C / 2T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz

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