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Intel Celeron G5920

Intel Celeron G5920: A Budget Processor for Basic Tasks

Exploring the capabilities, compatibility, and use cases of the Comet Lake dual-core chip

1. Key Specifications: Architecture, Process Node, and Performance

Comet Lake Architecture

The Celeron G5920 belongs to the Comet Lake-S family, introduced by Intel in 2020. It is a 10th generation processor built on the outdated 14nm process node. Despite the repeated use of the same process, Intel optimized the architecture to boost clock speeds — the G5920 has a base frequency of 3.5 GHz, and it lacks Turbo Boost.

Key Features:

- 2 cores / 2 threads — the minimum configuration for modern tasks.

- L3 Cache — 2 MB — sufficient for simple applications, but not enough for advanced multitasking.

- Integrated UHD 610 graphics — supports 4K via HDMI 1.4 but is not suitable for gaming.

- TDP 58 W — moderate power consumption, but higher than some competitors (for example, Athlon 3000G has a TDP of 35 W).

Performance in Tests:

- Geekbench 6: 749 (Single-Core), 1248 (Multi-Core). For comparison: the Pentium Gold G6405 (2C/4T) scores around ~900/1800.

- Cinebench R23: Expected results are around 600-700 points in multi-threading.

Practical Example: In an office PC with an SSD, the Celeron G5920 handles Word, Excel, and 10+ Chrome tabs satisfactorily, but launching Zoom alongside the browser may result in some stuttering.

2. Compatible Motherboards

LGA 1200 Socket and Chipsets

The processor uses the LGA 1200 socket, which limits motherboard options to these formats:

- H410 / B460 / H470 / Z490 — for Comet Lake processors.

- H510 / B560 / H570 / Z590 — compatible after a BIOS update, but not all manufacturers provide support.

Selection Recommendations:

- Budget Option: ASUS Prime H410M-K — a basic board with HDMI and USB 3.2.

- For Upgrading: MSI B560M PRO-VDH — supports PCIe 4.0 and faster memory (if planning to update the CPU in the future).

Limitations:

- H410/B460 chipsets do not support overclocking (though this is irrelevant for Celeron).

- Maximum RAM speed — DDR4-2666 (on H510/B560, it can go higher, but the CPU limits the frequency).

3. Supported Memory

Memory Type: DDR4-2666 (officially). DDR5 and LPDDR4x are not supported.

Configurations:

- Dual-channel mode — essential for boosting integrated graphics performance.

- Maximum capacity — 128 GB (but for Celeron, 8-16 GB is sensible).

Example Configuration: 2 x 4 GB DDR4-2666 modules (e.g., Kingston Fury Beast) will provide a 15-20% boost in gaming and video rendering compared to single-channel mode.

4. Power Supply Recommendations

Power Calculation:

- CPU TDP — 58 W.

- Considering the motherboard, SSD, memory, and cooler: 150-200 W.

- If adding a graphics card (e.g., GTX 1650), a power supply of 350-400 W is required.

Tips:

- Choose models with 80 Plus Bronze certification (Be Quiet! System Power 9, Corsair CV450).

- Avoid cheap noname power supplies — they can perform erratically even under low load.

5. Pros and Cons of Celeron G5920

Pros:

- Low price (~$50-60) — one of the most affordable LGA 1200 processors.

- Energy efficiency — suitable for compact PCs and passive cooling systems.

- Integrated graphics — does not require a discrete graphics card for video output.

Cons:

- 2 cores / 2 threads — insufficient for parallel tasks (streaming, video editing).

- Weak GPU — UHD 610 lags behind Vega 3 (Athlon 3000G) in gaming.

- Limited upgrade potential — upgrading to a Core i3/i5 would require changing the cooler due to increased TDP.

6. Use Cases

Gaming

- What works: Minecraft, Dota 2, CS:GO at low settings (720p, 30-40 FPS).

- With a discrete graphics card: GTX 1050 Ti or RX 6400 — the processor will become a "bottleneck" in modern titles (Cyberpunk 2077, Horizon Zero Dawn).

Work Tasks

- Suitable for: office programs, email, video calls.

- Not suitable for: 4K editing, 3D modeling, working in Blender.

Multimedia

- Pros: Hardware video decoding for VP9 and H.265 — 4K viewing on YouTube.

- Cons: No AV1 support — may require an upgrade for future streaming services.

7. Comparison with Competitors

AMD Athlon 3000G (Zen, 14nm)

- 2C/4T, Vega 3, TDP 35 W.

- Geekbench 6: ~700 (SC), ~1400 (MC).

- Pros: Multi-threading, better graphics.

- Cons: AM4 socket is becoming outdated, harder to find new motherboards.

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 (Comet Lake)

- 2C/4T, UHD 610, TDP 58 W.

- Geekbench 6: ~900 (SC), ~1800 (MC).

- Pros: Hyper-Threading, starting price of $70.

Conclusion: The Celeron G5920 falls short against the Athlon 3000G in multitasking and graphics but wins on price. For gaming, it's better to choose the Athlon, while for office use, the Celeron is suitable.

8. Assembly Tips

- Motherboard: Don’t overpay for Z490 — H410 is sufficient.

- Storage: An SSD is essential (Crucial BX500 240 GB).

- Cooling: The boxed cooler is adequate, but for quiet operation, replace it with a Deepcool GAMMAXX 200T.

- Case: Mini-ITX (Fractal Design Core 500) for a compact media center.

9. Final Verdict: Who Is the Celeron G5920 For?

This processor is ideal for:

- Budget office PCs — if you need a computer for Word and browsing.

- Home theaters — due to 4K decoding capabilities.

- Entry-level servers — for file storage or VPN needs.

Why this one? Low price, minimal power consumption, and sufficient performance for basic tasks. However, for gaming, video editing, or AI work, it's better to consider the Pentium Gold or Ryzen 3.

Basic

Label Name

Intel

Platform

Desktop

Launch Date

April 2020

Model Name

The Intel processor number is just one of several factors - along with processor brand, system configurations, and system-level benchmarks - to be considered when choosing the right processor for your computing needs.

G5920

Code Name

Comet Lake

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.

Basic Frequency

3.50 GHz

Intel Turbo Boost Technology

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the processor's frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom to give you a burst of speed when you need it, and increased energy efficiency when you don’t.

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner.

Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 identifies the best performing core(s) on a processor and provides increased performance on those cores through increasing frequency as needed by taking advantage of power and thermal headroom.

L3 Cache

2 MB

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

FCLGA1200

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

14 nm

TDP

58 W

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

100°C

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

3.0

Number of PCI Express Lanes

A PCI Express (PCIe) lane consists of two differential signaling pairs, one for receiving data, one for transmitting data, and is the basic unit of the PCIe bus. Max # of PCI Express Lanes is the total number of supported lanes.

Intel 64

Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.

Yes

Instruction Set

The instruction set is a hard program stored inside the CPU that guides and optimizes CPU operations. With these instruction sets, the CPU can run more efficiently. There are many manufacturers that design CPUs, which results in different instruction sets, such as the 8086 instruction set for the Intel camp and the RISC instruction set for the ARM camp. x86, ARM v8, and MIPS are all codes for instruction sets. Instruction sets can be extended; for example, x86 added 64-bit support to create x86-64. Manufacturers developing CPUs that are compatible with a certain instruction set need authorization from the instruction set patent holder. A typical example is Intel authorizing AMD, enabling the latter to develop CPUs compatible with the x86 instruction set.

64-bit

PCI Express Configurations

PCI Express (PCIe) Configurations describe the available PCIe lane configurations that can be used to link to PCIe devices.

Up to 1x16 | 2x8 | 1x8+2x4

Memory Specifications

Memory Type

Intel® processors come in four different types: Single Channel, Dual Channel, Triple Channel, and Flex Mode. Maximum supported memory speed may be lower when populating multiple DIMMs per channel on products that support multiple memory channels.

DDR4-2666

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

128 GB

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

Bus Speed

8 GT/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).

41.6 GB/s

GPU Specifications

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

Intel® UHD Graphics 610

Graphics Base Frequency

Graphics Base frequency refers to the rated/guaranteed graphics render clock frequency in MHz.

350 MHz

Graphics Frequency

Graphics max dynamic frequency refers to the maximum opportunistic graphics render clock frequency (in MHz) that can be supported using Intel® HD Graphics with Dynamic Frequency feature.

1.05 GHz

Graphics Video Max Memory

64 GB

4K Support

Yes | at 60Hz

DirectX Support

DirectX* Support indicates support for a specific version of Microsoft’s collection of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for handling multimedia compute tasks.

Max Resolution (HDMI)

Max Resolution (HDMI) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor via the HDMI interface (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your system.

4096x2160@30Hz

Max Resolution (DP)

Max Resolution (DP) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor via the DP interface (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your system.

4096x2304@60Hz

Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated Flat Panel)

Max Resolution (Integrated Flat Panel) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor for a device with an integrated flat panel (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your device.

4096x2304@60Hz

Number of Displays Supported

Miscellaneous

Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.

Yes

Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.

Yes

Intel Standard Manageability (ISM)

Intel® Standard Manageability is the manageability solution for Intel vPro® Essentials platforms and is a subset of Intel® AMT with out-of-band management over Ethernet and Wi-Fi, but no KVM or new life cycle management features.

Intel® SSE4.1 | Intel® SSE4.2

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling high performance while meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems. Conventional Intel SpeedStep® Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology builds upon that architecture using design strategies such as Separation between Voltage and Frequency Changes, and Clock Partitioning and Recovery.

Yes

Execute Disable Bit

Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks and prevent harmful software from executing and propagating on the server or network.

Yes

Cache

CPU Cache is an area of fast memory located on the processor. Intel® Smart Cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the last level cache.

2 MB Intel® Smart Cache

Intel AES New Instructions

Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) are a set of instructions that enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption. AES-NI are valuable for a wide range of cryptographic applications, for example: applications that perform bulk encryption/decryption, authentication, random number generation, and authenticated encryption.

Yes

Intel Boot Guard

Intel® Device Protection Technology with Boot Guard helps protect the system’s pre-OS environment from viruses and malicious software attacks.

Yes

Intel Clear Video HD Technology

Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, like its predecessor, Intel® Clear Video Technology, is a suite of image decode and processing technologies built into the integrated processor graphics that improve video playback, delivering cleaner, sharper images, more natural, accurate, and vivid colors, and a clear and stable video picture. Intel® Clear Video HD Technology adds video quality enhancements for richer color and more realistic skin tones.

Yes

Intel Clear Video Technology

Yes

Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT), also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. Extended Page Tables in Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces the memory and power overhead costs and increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management.

Yes

Intel InTru 3D Technology

Yes

Intel OS Guard

Yes

OpenGL Support

OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, multi-platform API (Application Programming Interface) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.

4.5

Intel Quick Sync Video

Intel® Quick Sync Video delivers fast conversion of video for portable media players, online sharing, and video editing and authoring.

Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6

Single Core Score

749

Geekbench 6

Multi Core Score

1248

Geekbench 5

Single Core Score

867

Geekbench 5

Multi Core Score

1615

Passmark CPU

Single Core Score

2151

Passmark CPU

Multi Core Score

2482

Compared to Other CPU

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Core i5-4430S

877 +17.1%

Xeon E5-1660 v2

818 +9.2%

Celeron G5920

749

Pentium Gold G5420T

695 -7.2%

A12-9800E

651 -13.1%

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Core i5-5250U

1560 +25%

Ryzen 3 3250U

1428 +14.4%

Celeron G5920

1248

A10-7700K

1110 -11.1%

Celeron G3900

980 -21.5%

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Xeon E5-1620 v4

895 +3.2%

Core i3-10100E

880 +1.5%

Celeron G5920

867

Xeon Platinum 8454H

851 -1.8%

Core i3-10110Y

831 -4.2%

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

1872 +15.9%

FX-6120

1715 +6.2%

Celeron G5920

1615

Xeon E5-2420

1509 -6.6%

A12-9800

1439 -10.9%

Passmark CPU Single Core

Core i7-7820EQ

2207 +2.6%

Core i7-4770R

2179 +1.3%

Celeron G5920

2151

Core i7-7820HQ

2125 -1.2%

EPYC 7702P

2102 -2.3%

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Core i7-3520M

2865 +15.4%

Celeron 7305E

2665 +7.4%

Celeron G5920

2482

Core i5-4210U

2305 -7.1%

Celeron G3900

2172 -12.5%