C-60 vs Celeron P4600
Primary details
Comparing Celeron P4600 and C-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2842 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | AMD C-Series |
| Power efficiency | 1.43 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Westmere (2010−2011) | Ontario (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 28 March 2010 (14 years ago) | 22 August 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Celeron P4600 and C-60 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.1 GHz | 1.33 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 1.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 1 × 2.5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 15 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 81 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 382 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron P4600 and C-60 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 | FT1 BGA 413-Ball |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron P4600 and C-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz) |
| FMA | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron P4600 and C-60 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron P4600 and C-60 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron P4600 and C-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-800, DDR3-1066 | DDR3 Single-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 17.051 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors | AMD Radeon HD 6290 |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 667 MHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron P4600 and C-60 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron P4600 and C-60.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 March 2010 | 22 August 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 9 Watt |
Celeron P4600 has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
C-60, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 288.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Celeron P4600 and C-60. We've got no test results to judge.
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