Intel Celeron M P4600 vs AMD Turion II M520
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General info
Comparing Turion II M520 and Celeron M P4600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance rating | 901 | 891 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | Intel Celeron M |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Arrandale (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (13 years old) | 1 October 2010 (12 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $86 |
| Current price | $38 | no data |
Technical specs
Turion II M520 and Celeron M 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus support | 3600 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 81+114 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 382+177 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M520 and Celeron M 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.
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | PGA988 |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron M P4600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | no data | + |
Security technologies
Turion II M520 and Celeron M P4600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron M P4600 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | no data | + |
Benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
- Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
- Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
- 3DMark06 CPU
- wPrime 32
- Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Turion II M520 outperforms Celeron M P4600 by 4% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Celeron M P4600 outperforms Turion II M520 by 12% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Turion II M520 outperforms Celeron M P4600 by 2% in 3DMark06 CPU.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Celeron M P4600 outperforms Turion II M520 by 2% in wPrime 32.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Celeron M P4600 outperforms Turion II M520 by 1% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance rating | 6.47 | 6.52 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 1 October 2010 |
| Boost clock speed | 2300 | 2000 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
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Competitors of Turion II M520 by Intel
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Turion II M520 by Intel is Core i5-1035G4, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 3 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to Turion II M520:
Competitors of Celeron M P4600 by AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Celeron M P4600 by AMD is Turion II M520, which is slower by 1% and lower by 10 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Celeron M P4600:
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