Xeon E-2486 vs Celeron P4600

Primary details

Comparing Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2846	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	1.43	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	28 March 2010 (14 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$506

Detailed specifications

Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	5.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	16 GT/s
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	81 mm2	163 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	382 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PGA988	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	8 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	N/A
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron P4600 and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe version	2.0	5
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 March 2010	14 December 2023
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

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