C-30 vs Core 2 Duo E4500

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E4500 and C-30 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD C-Series
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)Ontario (2011−2012)
Release dateJuly 2007 (17 years ago)4 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E4500 and C-30 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB64 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm40 nm
Die size111 mm275 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistors167 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E4500 and C-30 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and C-30. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data40 nm, 1.24-1.35V
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E4500 and C-30 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 Core 2 Duo E4500 and C-30 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and C-30. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6250

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Core 2 Duo E4500 734
+312%
C-30 178

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 9 Watt

Core 2 Duo E4500 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

C-30, on the other hand, has a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 622.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E4500 and C-30. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E4500 is a desktop processor while C-30 is a notebook one.


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