i3-390M vs Celeron M P4600

Core i3-330M Core i3-350M Core i3-370M Core i3-380M Core i5-430M Core i5-460M Core i5-480M Core i5-520M Core i5-560M Core i7-620M Core i7-640M Pentium P6200
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Core i3-330M Core i3-350M Core i3-370M Core i3-380M Core i5-430M Core i5-460M Core i5-480M Core i5-520M Core i5-560M Core i7-620M Core i7-640M Pentium P6200

Aggregate performance score

Celeron M P4600
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.56
Core i3-390M
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
0.80
+42.9%

Core i3-390M outperforms Celeron M P4600 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Celeron M P4600 Celeron M P4600
i3-390M i3-390M

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28242597
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron MIntel Core i3
Power efficiency1.512.16
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date1 October 2010 (14 years ago)9 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86$39

Detailed specifications

Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz0.67 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate2500 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size81+114 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C for rPGA, 105 °C for BGA
Number of transistors382+177 Million382+177 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M 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)
SocketPGA988BGA1288,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M. 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+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M.

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 P4600 0.56
i3-390M 0.80
+42.9%

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
i3-390M 2829
+50%

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
i3-390M 6405
+52%

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
i3-390M 2811
+55.8%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron M P4600 34.29
i3-390M 22.5
+52.4%

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
i3-390M 2
+71.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.56 0.80
Recency 1 October 2010 9 January 2011
Threads 2 4

i3-390M has a 42.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, and 100% more threads.

The Core i3-390M is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron M P4600 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-390M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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