Intel Core i9-7920X vs Intel Celeron G4920

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-7920X CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron G4920
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Celeron G4920

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-7920X or Intel Celeron G4920 - 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 Core i9-7920X has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-7920X was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Celeron G4920 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G4920 was released in Q2/2018.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Core i 7000X (9) CPU group Intel Celeron G4000 (3)
7 Generation 8
Skylake X Architecture Coffee Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Celeron G3920
Intel Core i9-9920X Successor Intel Celeron G5920

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-7920X has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-7920X is 2.90 GHz (4.30 GHz) while the Intel Celeron G4920 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron G4920 is at 3.20 GHz.

Intel Core i9-7920X Characteristic Intel Celeron G4920
12 Cores 2
24 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.90 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
4.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.70 GHz 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 Core i9-7920X Characteristic Intel Celeron G4920
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-7920X or Intel Celeron G4920 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.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-7920X can use up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 85.4 GB/s. The Intel Celeron G4920 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Core i9-7920X Characteristic Intel Celeron G4920
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2400
128 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
85.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
44 PCIe lanes 16
43.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-7920X is 165 W, while the Intel Celeron G4920 has a TDP of 54 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i9-7920X Characteristic Intel Celeron G4920
165 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 54 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-7920X is manufactured in 14 nm and has 16.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron G4920 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i9-7920X Characteristic Intel Celeron G4920
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 2066 Socket LGA 1151
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2018
1189 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1133 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
822 (73%)

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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
11498 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
1588 (14%)

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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
1410 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
691 (49%)

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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
9881 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
1163 (12%)

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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
23625 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
2442 (10%)

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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz
188 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
136 (72%)

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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
2438 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
243 (10%)

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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
120.9 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 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 Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz
6200 (100%)
Intel Celeron G4920 Intel Celeron G4920
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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