Intel Celeron G6900 socket: LGA 1700

What the Celeron G6900 is

Buyers meet the Celeron G6900 as the 2-core member of the 12th Gen Core family for LGA 1700 boards from January 2022. 2 Golden Cove Performance-cores without Hyper-Threading give 2 cores and 2 threads, at a fixed 3.4 GHz with no boost table. The package carries 4 MB of Smart Cache plus 2.5 MB of total L2. The 46 W envelope fits standard desktop heatsinks with front to back airflow.

DDR5 up to 4800 MT/s or DDR4 up to 3200 MT/s in two channels up to 128 GB feeds the cores, and the board memory type is fixed at build time. Twenty CPU lanes split as Gen5 x16 plus Gen4 x4 wire a graphics card and NVMe. The Intel UHD Graphics 710 with 16 execution units up to 1.30 GHz drives displays without a card.

Value desktops for browsing and office take this fixed 3.4 GHz Celeron with UHD 710 graphics, where the box cooler covers the 46 W load. Boards need a 600 or 700 series board with the Celeron G6900 on the CPU support list. The Socket vs chipset: what decides whether a CPU works guide covers board choice, and Intel Pentium Gold G7400TE shows a nearby Alder Lake option on the same socket.

Socket and motherboard compatibility

The G6900 fits LGA 1700 on single socket desktop boards with LGA 1700 retention and desktop power delivery. Board lists must name the Celeron G6900 part for qualification, including the suffix for T, TE and E low power variants.

600 series boards accept the chip with a shipping BIOS, and 700 series boards cover it as well per the socket compatibility table. Check the board CPU list before mixing this SKU with other steppings.

Memory, PCIe and cooling

DDR5 up to 4800 MT/s or DDR4 up to 3200 MT/s in two channels up to 128 GB feeds the cores, and matched DIMMs hold the rated speed. The board memory type is fixed at purchase, so DDR4 and DDR5 boards are separate designs.

Twenty CPU lanes as Gen5 x16 plus Gen4 x4 wire a graphics card and NVMe, with the exact split fixed per board. Boards that need more than the CPU offers use chipset lanes for SATA, USB and extra slots.

Cooling is the Intel Laminar RS1 in the retail box, which covers the 46 W load with headroom. The 45.0 × 37.5 mm FCLGA1700 package uses standard LGA retention with even mounting pressure.

Upgrade paths

On LGA 1700 the upward moves are higher core Alder Lake and Raptor Lake parts where thread counts grow, up to i7 and i9 SKUs on boards with the power delivery for them. For this 2-core SKU, memory growth and a discrete graphics card often help more than clocks.

Outside this SKU, Intel Pentium Gold G7400TE (Pentium Gold G7400TE) on LGA 1700 trims or adds cores for lighter or denser builds. A move to LGA 1851 needs a new board with DDR5, so socket local growth comes first.