This article was reprinted with permission from Superpower.com.
Intel’s eighth-generation Core Duo introduced last year brought six-core, twelve-thread processors to the mainstream market. Along with Core i5/i3 and Pentium, Celeron’s series changed again, i5 became a six-core architecture, and Core i3 became 4 nuclear architecture, Pentium has become a 2 core 4 thread, a lot of overall cost-effective.
The lowest entry-level Celeron processor has also upgraded the Coffee Lake-S architecture, and about 200 tablets will be able to drink 'Coffee Lake', including 35W low-power Celeron G4900T.
So how does this processor behave, is it worth buying?
We usually pay attention to more high-end CPUs, Pentium, Celeron rarely tested, but the Japanese GDM website recently tested a 35W Celeron G4900T processor, interested in low power platform players can focus on the next U which performed.
Pentium and Celeron processor specifications comparison
It is worth noting that Intel changed its naming rules last year. The Pentium series was named after the Pentium series. The 14nm Coffee Lake architecture Pentium Gold is not only a dual-core, four-threaded, L3 cache has also been increased from 3MB to 4MB, which is equivalent to the previous Core. I3 specifications.
The Celeron processor of the Coffee Lake architecture is not so lucky. It is still a 2-core architecture with 2MB L3 cache. The specific specifications are as follows:
Celeron G4900T Specifications
Celeron G4900T processor appearance
Comparison with Celeron G3900T: The right side is G3900T, the same below
Test platform and configuration
Test platform configuration
Cinebench R15 Performance Test
The Celeron G3900T has a frequency of 2.6 GHz, and the G4900T has become 2.9 GHz, which has increased by about 10%. Therefore, the performance changes are also in line with the frequency change. The single core increases from 109 to 121, and the increase is about 10%. This is also true for multi-core.
PCMark 10 Comprehensive Performance Test
Sandra 2017 CPU Arithmetic Performance Test
Floating-point performance increased by 12% here, but integer performance increased by as much as 20%, which is much higher than the frequency increase. The original did not explain the reason. The architecture of the two did not change.
Multimedia performance, improved match with frequency
Bandwidth test, memory support has been raised to 2400, and it is normal to have improved from previous 2133.
Memory delay, the lower the better
3DMark FireStrike Test
In terms of graphics, the Pentium G3900T and G4900T show HD Graphics HD 510 and UHD 610, respectively. However, except for the increase in the maximum frequency from 950 MHz to 1000 MHz, the other changes are not significant. The change in running tests is quite large, and the physical score is improved. 12%, graphics score increased by 18%, total score increased by 17%.
In the lower load SKY Diver test, the physical score gap was 15%, and the graphics score was increased by 18%.
Dragon Quest Game Test
Final Fantasy 14 game test
Power and temperature test
System power test
Although it seems that the Pentium G4900T has several watts of power consumption, the original text indicates that this may be due to the change of the high-end motherboard. The TDP power consumption of the two processors is the same, all of them are 35W.
Temperature test, with original radiator is enough
The last is a summary:
Performance alone, Pentium G4900T because of the higher frequency, CPU performance increased by 10%, GPU performance increased by less than 20%, while maintaining the advantages of low power consumption, low heat, it is suitable for the second set of low-power platforms.
In addition, Pentium G4900T with B360/H370 and other motherboards more USB 3.1 Gen2 interface, so the overall performance is better, the original attitude is still more recommended.
However, they did not mention the price, nor did they find information on the processor's sale at the Intel Tmall flagship store. ARK's official website offered a price of $42, the same as the G4900, and the latter's state bank price was 399 yuan.
Of course, the price of ghosts to buy, TB on the bulk G4920 offer is only 249 yuan, so the price should be in the early 200s.
But then again, The 8-generation processor chipset is too cheap. The 2-core 4-thread Pentium G5600 is still in its early 400s. How to calculate the price/performance ratio is much higher than that of the 2-core Celeron. As for the increase in power consumption, it is completely acceptable. Perhaps it is Japanese people are too sensitive to power consumption.
