Intel Celeron G5905T vs AMD Athlon II X2 280

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G5905T and AMD Athlon II X2 280 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G5905T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1809 vs 1462
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2206 vs 1355
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Jul 2020 vs February 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1809 vs 1462
PassMark - CPU mark 2206 vs 1355

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron G5905T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 280

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1809
1462
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2206
1355
Name Intel Celeron G5905T AMD Athlon II X2 280
PassMark - Single thread mark 1809 1462
PassMark - CPU mark 2206 1355
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1941
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3272

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Celeron G5905T AMD Athlon II X2 280

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Regor
Launch date 1 Jul 2020 February 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $42 $100
Place in performance rating 1462 1477
Processor Number G5905
Series Intel Celeron Processor G Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $99.99
Value for money (0-100) 6.28

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.50 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2
Die size 117 mm
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz
Transistor count 410 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR2, DDR3

Graphics

Device ID 0x9BA8
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

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1200 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C

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® 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® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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