Xeon E-2456 vs Celeron M U3600

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated539
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data84.01
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Celeron Mno data
Power efficiencyno data16.29
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date18 December 2010 (14 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$375

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rate2500 MHz16 GT/s
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size81+114 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors382+177 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456 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
SocketBGA1288FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 December 2010 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 80 Watt

Celeron M U3600 has 344.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2456, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M U3600 and Xeon E-2456. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M U3600 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2456 is a server/workstation one.


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