Xeon Silver 4310T vs Core 2 Duo E7600

Place in the ranking	2677	564
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	1.06	11.89
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	10 May 2009 (15 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E7600 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	2	20
Base clock speed	3.06 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB (shared)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	15 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	82 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	88 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E7600 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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	1	2
Socket	LGA775	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E7600 and Xeon Silver 4310T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E7600 and Xeon Silver 4310T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E7600 and Xeon Silver 4310T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E7600 and Xeon Silver 4310T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E7600 and Xeon Silver 4310T.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

Core 2 Duo E7600 0.73

Xeon Silver 4310T 13.25
+1715%

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 E7600 1151

Xeon Silver 4310T 20973
+1722%

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 E7600 373

Xeon Silver 4310T 1392
+273%

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 E7600 623

Xeon Silver 4310T 8500
+1264%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.73	13.25
Recency	10 May 2009	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	10
Threads	2	20
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt

Core 2 Duo E7600 has 61.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4310T, on the other hand, has a 1715.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4310T is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo E7600 in performance tests.

Note that Core 2 Duo E7600 is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4310T is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo E7600 and Xeon Silver 4310T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.