Intel Celeron M U3600: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Celeron M U3600 sales 18 December 2010. This is an Arrandale architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is BGA1288 processor with a TDP of 18 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Celeron M U3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron M
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	18 December 2010 (13 years ago)

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 cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus rate	2500 MHz
L2 cache	512 KB	of 86016 KB (EPYC 9634)
L3 cache	2 MB	of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Die size	81+114 mm2
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M U3600 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.

Socket	BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Celeron M U3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	+
Fast Memory Access	+

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

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Celeron M U3600's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Celeron M U3600. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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