Intel Pentium G3420T vs Intel Celeron G555

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G3420T and Intel Celeron G555 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 Pentium G3420T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1570 vs 1289
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1912 vs 1388
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2013 vs September 2012
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared) vs 2048 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1570 vs 1289
PassMark - CPU mark 1912 vs 1388

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G555

  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 69.1°C vs 66.4°C
Maximum core temperature 69.1°C vs 66.4°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G3420T
CPU 2: Intel Celeron G555

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1570
1289
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1912
1388
Name Intel Pentium G3420T Intel Celeron G555
PassMark - Single thread mark 1570 1289
PassMark - CPU mark 1912 1388
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1717
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2746

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G3420T Intel Celeron G555

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Sandy Bridge
Launch date September 2013 September 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $75 $89
Place in performance rating 1663 1652
Price now $105.25 $153.59
Processor Number G3420T G555
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 8.42 4.65
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.70 GHz 2.70 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 177 mm 131 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared) 2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 66.4°C 69.1°C
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 1400 million 504 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 17 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V DDR3 1066

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 200 MHz 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3 2
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1/12
OpenGL 4.3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013A

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision Up to 3.0 2.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 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
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access

Virtualization

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