Intel Celeron G3900E vs AMD A8-5550M

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G3900E and AMD A8-5550M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3900E

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1499 vs 1039
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2034 vs 1869
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1499 vs 1039
PassMark - CPU mark 2034 vs 1869

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5550M

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron G3900E
CPU 2: AMD A8-5550M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1499
1039
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2034
1869
Name Intel Celeron G3900E AMD A8-5550M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1499 1039
PassMark - CPU mark 2034 1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 924
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.546
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6126
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6126

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Celeron G3900E AMD A8-5550M

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Richland
Launch date Q1'16 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1723 1711
Processor Number G3900E
Series Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series AMD A-Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4096 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V DDR3

Graphics

Device ID 0x1902
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 510

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 42mm x 28mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1440 FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)