Pentium P6200 vs Celeron M 550

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron M 550
1 core / 1 thread, 30 Watt
0.29
Pentium P6200
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.57
+96.6%

Pentium P6200 outperforms Celeron M 550 by an impressive 97% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31232828
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCeleron MIntel Pentium
Power efficiency0.911.54
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release dateno data26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$60

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz0.03 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate533 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data382 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 550 and Pentium P6200.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron M 550 0.29
Pentium P6200 0.57
+96.6%

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.

Celeron M 550 465
Pentium P6200 908
+95.3%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron M 550 1834
Pentium P6200 2394
+30.5%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Celeron M 550 877
Pentium P6200 1949
+122%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.29 0.57
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 35 Watt

Celeron M 550 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium P6200, on the other hand, has a 96.6% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium P6200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron M 550 in performance tests.


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