E-240 vs Celeron P4600

Place in the ranking	2848	3339
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	1.43	0.63
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date	28 March 2010 (14 years ago)	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron P4600 and E-240 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	1.5 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	64 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
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 E-240 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	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron P4600 and E-240. 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
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 E-240 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 E-240 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 E-240. 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 Compare	Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors	AMD Radeon HD 6310
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron P4600 and E-240 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron P4600 and E-240.

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.

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
+342%

E-240 0.12

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
+334%

E-240 195

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
+172%

E-240 107

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
+380%

E-240 111

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.53	0.12
Integrated graphics card	0.77	0.32
Recency	28 March 2010	4 January 2011
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	18 Watt

Celeron P4600 has a 341.7% higher aggregate performance score, 140.6% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

E-240, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 94.4% lower power consumption.

The Celeron P4600 is our recommended choice as it beats the E-240 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron P4600 and E-240, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.