Celeron 887 vs Core 2 Duo E7500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2684not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.05no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date10 January 2009 (15 years ago)1 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$86

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.93 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed0.93 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate1066 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache3 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size82 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching--
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 E7500 1142
+51.5%
Celeron 887 754

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 E7500 346
+41.8%
Celeron 887 244

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 E7500 568
+32.1%
Celeron 887 430

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2009 1 September 2012
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 17 Watt

Celeron 887 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 282.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E7500 and Celeron 887. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E7500 is a desktop processor while Celeron 887 is a notebook one.


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