C-60 vs Celeron P4600

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron P4600
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53
+165%

Celeron P4600 outperforms C-60 by a whopping 165% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron P4600 and C-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28643232
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronAMD C-Series
Power efficiency1.432.10
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date28 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz1.33 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm40 nm
Die size81 mm275 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors382 Millionno 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPGA988FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt9 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 extensionsno dataMMX(+), 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
PAE36 Bitno 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 typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066DDR3 Single-channel
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon HD 6290
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron P4600 and C-60 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron P4600 and C-60.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.


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 P4600 0.53
+165%
C-60 0.20

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.

Celeron P4600 846
+168%
C-60 316

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.

Celeron P4600 291
+283%
C-60 76

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.

Celeron P4600 533
+286%
C-60 138

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 0.20
Integrated graphics card 0.77 0.27
Recency 28 March 2010 22 August 2011
Chip lithography 32 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 9 Watt

Celeron P4600 has a 165% higher aggregate performance score, 185.2% faster integrated GPU, and 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.

The Celeron P4600 is our recommended choice as it beats the C-60 in performance tests.


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