Celeron G6900vsRyzen Threadripper 7970X
The Intel Celeron G6900 is a basic two-core chip for budget office PCs or home servers, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X is a 32-core monster for professional workstations handling heavy rendering or virtualization.
Celeron G6900
Alder Lake-S · Intel 7 nm · 2022
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Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Storm Peak · 5 nm · 2023
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Overall Performance Score
A unified score from combined synthetic and real-world benchmarks. 100 represents the fastest desktop CPU available.
Side-by-Side Specs
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Which should you buy?
The Ryzen Threadripper 7970X crushes the Celeron G6900 for any demanding task, offering vastly more cores and speed.
For budget buyers, the Celeron G6900 is the smarter pick because it costs much less for basic computing needs.
The Celeron G6900 is the right choice for a simple office or web browsing PC where the Threadripper's power and cost are wasteful.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Celeron G6900 better than the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X?
Overall the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X is the stronger processor: it ranks higher in our aggregate performance score (60 vs 3 out of 100), so it leads the Celeron G6900 in most workloads.
How much faster is the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X than the Celeron G6900?
Based on our aggregated benchmark scores the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X is roughly 1900% faster than the Celeron G6900 overall. The real-world gap varies by game, resolution and settings.
Which should you buy, the Celeron G6900 or the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X?
If you want the most performance, pick the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X. If the Celeron G6900 is meaningfully cheaper where you shop, it can be the better value for similar real-world results — check current prices and the full spec comparison above before deciding.