Celeron P4600 vs Pentium P6300

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium P6300
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53
Celeron P4600
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28732864
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.431.43
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date9 January 2011 (13 years ago)28 March 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.27 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.27 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0DMI 1.0
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/s1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier1715
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size81+114 mm281 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
Number of transistors384 million382 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPGA988PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and 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++
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bit36 Bit
FDI++
Fast Memory Access++

Security technologies

Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-800, DDR3-1066
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/s17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Video++
Graphics max frequency667 MHz667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported22

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes1616

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Pentium P6300 0.53
Celeron P4600 0.53

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.

Pentium P6300 834
Celeron P4600 846
+1.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2011 28 March 2010

Pentium P6300 has an age advantage of 9 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium P6300 and Celeron P4600.


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