Celeron M U3600 vs A4-1200
Primary details
Comparing A4-1200 and Celeron M U3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Intel Celeron M |
| Architecture codename | Temash (2013) | Arrandale (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (11 years ago) | 18 December 2010 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A4-1200 and Celeron M U3600 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 2500 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 81+114 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 382+177 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A4-1200 and Celeron M U3600 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | FT3 | BGA1288 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4 Watt | 18 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-1200 and Celeron M U3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
A4-1200 and Celeron M U3600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-1200 and Celeron M U3600 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-1200 and Celeron M U3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8180 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 May 2013 | 18 December 2010 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4 Watt | 18 Watt |
A4-1200 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 350% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A4-1200 and Celeron M U3600. We've got no test results to judge.
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