i3-9100F vs Celeron M P4600

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron M P4600
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.57
Core i3-9100F
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.32
+658%

Core i3-9100F outperforms Celeron M P4600 by a whopping 658% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28221369
Place by popularitynot in top-10040
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.91
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeron MIntel Core i3
Power efficiency1.516.17
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date1 October 2010 (14 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86$122

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate2500 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache2 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size81+114 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors382+177 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPGA988FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++

Security technologies

Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Celeron M P4600 0.57
i3-9100F 4.32
+658%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron M P4600 1886
i3-9100F 6509
+245%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron M P4600 4213
i3-9100F 18118
+330%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron M P4600 34.29
i3-9100F 11.81
+190%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron M P4600 1
i3-9100F 5
+324%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 4.32
Recency 1 October 2010 23 April 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Celeron M P4600 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

i3-9100F, on the other hand, has a 657.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i3-9100F is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron M P4600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron M P4600 is a notebook processor while Core i3-9100F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron M P4600 and Core i3-9100F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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