Celeron P4600 vs Turion II N550

General info

Comparing Turion II N550 and Celeron P4600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2685	2713
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Turion II	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date	4 October 2010 (13 years ago)	28 March 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	$11.05	$66

Technical specs

Turion II N550 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	no data	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	0.1 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	1 × 2.5 GT/s
L1 cache	265 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	382 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Turion II N550 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	no data	1
Socket	S1	PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II N550 and Celeron P4600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0	no data
AES-NI	no data	-
FMA	no data	+
VirusProtect	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Turion II N550 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 Turion II N550 and Celeron P4600 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II N550 and Celeron P4600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	17.1 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	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 Turion II N550 and Celeron P4600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II N550 and Celeron P4600.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	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.

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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.

Turion II N550 outperforms Celeron P4600 by 6% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.56	0.53
Recency	4 October 2010	28 March 2010
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm

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