Celeron M U3600 vs Atom N455

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3592	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Celeron M
Power efficiency	0.66	no data
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Pinetrail (2009−2011)	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	1 June 2010 (15 years ago)	18 December 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N455 and Celeron M U3600 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.67 GHz	1.2 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	2500 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	66 mm2	81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	123 million	382+177 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom N455 and Celeron M U3600 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA559	BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)	6.5 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N455 and Celeron M U3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom N455 and Celeron M U3600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N455 and Celeron M U3600 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N455 and Celeron M U3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	2 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel GMA 3150

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2010	18 December 2010
Physical cores	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	18 Watt

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