Core i5-11400H vs Core 2 Duo E6300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated776
Place by popularitynot in top-10035
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataTiger Lake
Power efficiencyno data26.60
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Tiger Lake-H (2021)
Release dateJuly 2006 (18 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature61 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors291 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H 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
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FCBGA1787
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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 E6300 634
i5-11400H 15624
+2364%

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.

Core 2 Duo E6300 186
i5-11400H 1813
+875%

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.

Core 2 Duo E6300 304
i5-11400H 6363
+1993%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

i5-11400H has 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 550% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6300 and Core i5-11400H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6300 is a desktop processor while Core i5-11400H is a notebook one.


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