Intel Celeron G6900 vs Intel Pentium N3530

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Intel Celeron G6900 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium N3530
Intel Celeron G6900 Intel Pentium N3530

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron G6900 or Intel Pentium N3530 - 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 G6900 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G6900 was released in Q1/2022.

The Intel Pentium N3530 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.58 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N3530 was released in Q1/2014.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Celeron G6000 (4) CPU group Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)
10 Generation 6
Alder Lake S Architecture Bay Trail
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Celeron G5900 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron G6900 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz. The Intel Pentium N3530 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.16 GHz (2.58 GHz).

Intel Celeron G6900 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3530
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 2.16 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.58 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.58 GHz

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 G6900 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3530
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

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.

Intel UHD Graphics 710 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.31 GHz
1.30 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
13 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 2
16 Compute units 4
128 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 710 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail 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 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron G6900 supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N3530 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Celeron G6900 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3530
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1333
128 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
2.50 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 2.0
20 PCIe lanes 4
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron G6900 has a TDP of 46 W, that of the Intel Pentium N3530 is 7.5 W.

Intel Celeron G6900 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3530
46 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.5 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron G6900 has a 6.50 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium N3530 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Celeron G6900 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3530
10 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 1700 Socket BGA 1170
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2014
50 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron G6900 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3530 (15%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron G6900 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3530 (26%)

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 G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
1335 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz
254 (19%)

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 G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
2547 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz
830 (33%)

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 G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
1754 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz
195 (11%)

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 G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
3177 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz
608 (19%)

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 G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.30 GHz
332 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz
57 (17%)

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 G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
4480 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz
1190 (27%)

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 G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz
40 (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.
Intel Celeron G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium N3530 Intel Pentium N3530
4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz
148 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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