Intel Celeron G4950 vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G4950 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G4950

  • 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 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2041 vs 1631
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2714 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 2041 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark 2714 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 G4950
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2041
1631
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2714
1882
Name Intel Celeron G4950 AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark 2041 1631
PassMark - CPU mark 2714 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 G4950 AMD PRO A6-8550B

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake
Launch date Q2'19
Launch price (MSRP) $52
Place in performance rating 1273 1281
Processor Number G4950
Series Intel Celeron Processor G Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Status Launched
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

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.30 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
Compute Cores 6
Maximum frequency 4 GHz
Number of GPU cores 4
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 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

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics image quality

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 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® 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)
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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