Intel Celeron G4930 vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G4930 and AMD PRO A6-8550B 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, 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).

Intel Celeron G4930

AMD PRO A6-8550B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G4930

Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 71.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1985 vs 1631
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2594 vs 1882

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1985 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark	2594 vs 1882

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8550B

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron G4930
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1985

1631

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2594

1882

Name	Intel Celeron G4930	AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1985	1631
PassMark - CPU mark	2594	1882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron G4930	AMD PRO A6-8550B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake
Launch date	23 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$42
Place in performance rating	1317	1282
Processor Number	G4930
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD855BYBI23JC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.20 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	71.30°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Unlocked
Compute Cores		6
Maximum frequency		4 GHz
Number of GPU cores		4
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x3E93
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.05 GHz
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 UHD Graphics 610	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		256
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
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	12
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
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™)
IOMMU 2.0