Athlon II N370 vs Celeron M P4600
Aggregate performance score
Primary details
Comparing Celeron M P4600 and Athlon II N370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2712 | 2706 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron M | AMD Athlon II |
| Architecture codename | Arrandale (2010−2011) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 1 October 2010 (13 years ago) | 16 December 2010 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M P4600 and Athlon II N370 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 | 2 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Bus support | 2500 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 81+114 mm2 | 117.5 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 382+177 Million | 234 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M P4600 and Athlon II N370 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.
| Socket | PGA988 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M P4600 and Athlon II N370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | DDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
| VirusProtect | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron M P4600 and Athlon II N370 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M P4600 and Athlon II N370 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M P4600 and Athlon II N370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2010 | 16 December 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Celeron M P4600 and Athlon II N370.
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