Celeron G440 vs Athlon 64 X2 4600+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Series2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)no data
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)4 September 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$45

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate1000 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cacheno data256 KB
L3 cacheno data1 MB
Chip lithography90 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data66 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Celeron G440.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 720
+71.4%
Celeron G440 420

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 90 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 4600+ has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron G440, on the other hand, has a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

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