Intel Pentium P6100 vs Celeron P4600

General info

Comparing Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2699	2670
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	28 March 2010 (14 years old)	26 September 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$12
Current price	$66	$14 (1.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100 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	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	0.1 GHz
Bus support	1 × 2.5 GT/s	1 × 2.5 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	81 mm2	81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	382 Million	382 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100 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	1
Socket	PGA988	PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	-
FMA	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	36 Bit	36 Bit
FDI	+	+
Fast Memory Access	+	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	-
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.1 GB/s	17.1 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron P4600 and Pentium P6100.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Pentium P6100 outperforms Celeron P4600 by 6% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.54	0.57
Recency	28 March 2010	26 September 2010

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