Celeron G460 vs Core 2 Duo E6550

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2817not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.81no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release dateJuly 2007 (17 years ago)12 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$65

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.33 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.33 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB64 KB
L2 cache4 MB256 KB
L3 cache0 KB1.5 MB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size143 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °C66 °C
Number of transistors291 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460 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 configuration11
SocketPLGA775FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo E6550 893
+90.4%
Celeron G460 469

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo E6550 260
Celeron G460 285
+9.6%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo E6550 431
+11.9%
Celeron G460 385

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6550 has 100% more physical cores.

Celeron G460, on the other hand, has a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6550 and Celeron G460. We've got no test results to judge.


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