Celeron M P4600: specs and benchmarks

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Celeron M P4600
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.56

Celeron M P4600 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.56% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Celeron M P4600 sales 1 October 2010 at a recommended price of $86. This is an Arrandale architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is PGA988 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt.

Primary details

Celeron M P4600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2822
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron M
Power efficiency1.51of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)
Release date1 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Boost clock speed2 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus rate2500 MHz
L1 cache128 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache512 KBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache2 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Number of transistors382+177 Millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M P4600 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.

SocketPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Celeron M P4600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Thermal Monitoring+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-x+

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Celeron M P4600. Overall benchmark performance 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 P4600 0.56

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 P4600 1886

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron M P4600 4213

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 P4600 1804

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron M P4600 1

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Celeron M P4600's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Celeron M P4600 is Turion II M520, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Celeron M P4600:

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A4-9120C 96.43

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Recommended GPUs

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