Intel Celeron G5905 vs Intel Xeon L5520

Compare Intel Celeron G Series 2 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1456 points

1467 points

0.76% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3182 points

36% slightly better gaming score

2329 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1038 points

1208 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

996 points

1159 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

54% significantly higher clock speed

2.27 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

58 W

3% slightly lower TDP

60 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

144 GiB

12% slightly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

820th of 1,089

818th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Celeron G Series

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August

2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Celeron G5905 vs Xeon L5520 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon L5520 is faster than the Celeron G5905. Despite this, the Celeron G5905 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon L5520 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Celeron G5905 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Celeron G5905. Our comparison shows that the Celeron G5905 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon L5520. A Celeron G5905 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon L5520 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Celeron G5905 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.