Celeron P4600: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Celeron P4600 sales 28 March 2010. This is a Westmere 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 99 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is PGA988 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR3-800, DDR3-1066 memory.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	2848
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	1.43	of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date	28 March 2010 (14 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
Base clock speed	2 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus type	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	15	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	128 KB	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	512 KB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	2 MB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors	382 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

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

FMA	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	+
PAE	36 Bit
FDI	+
Fast Memory Access	+

Security technologies

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

TXT	-
EDB	+

Virtualization technologies

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

VT-d	-
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Celeron P4600's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066
Maximum memory size	8 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Celeron P4600.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Video	+
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron P4600's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	2.0	of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	16	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Celeron P4600. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Closest competitors

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

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