Ryzen 5 3600X vs Celeron M P4500

Place in the ranking	2773	677
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	17.90
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron M	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	1.67	11.41
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date	1 April 2010 (14 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron M P4500 and Ryzen 5 3600X 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	no data	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.86 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus rate	2500 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	3 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm, 12 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M P4500 and Ryzen 5 3600X 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PGA988	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M P4500 and Ryzen 5 3600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M P4500 and Ryzen 5 3600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M P4500 and Ryzen 5 3600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	51.196 GB/s

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.64	11.89
Recency	1 April 2010	27 May 2019
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Celeron M P4500 has 171.4% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3600X, on the other hand, has a 1757.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3600X is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron M P4500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron M P4500 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 3600X is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron M P4500 and Ryzen 5 3600X, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.