Celeron P4600 vs Ryzen 5 3500U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Celeron P4600 by a whopping 725% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1348 | 2848 |
| Place by popularity | 36 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 27.57 | 1.43 |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Westmere (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 28 March 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | DMI 1.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 1 × 2.5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 21 | 15 |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | 382 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP5 | PGA988 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| 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 | no data | 36 Bit |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600 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 Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600 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 Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3-800, DDR3-1066 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 17.051 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) | Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 667 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 16 |
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.
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
| Performance score | 4.37 | 0.53 |
| Integrated graphics card | 4.50 | 0.77 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 28 March 2010 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 5 3500U has a 724.5% higher aggregate performance score, 484.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron P4600 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron P4600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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