Core i5-10400F vs Core 2 Duo L7500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo L7500 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated910
Place by popularitynot in top-1009
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data24.28
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesCore 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data11.94
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Comet Lake (2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo L7500 and Core i5-10400F 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 speed1.6 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB L2 Cache12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.975V - 1.062Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo L7500 and Core i5-10400F 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 configurationno data1
SocketPBGA479FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo L7500 and Core i5-10400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo L7500 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo L7500 and Core i5-10400F 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 L7500 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo L7500 and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
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 L7500 657
i5-10400F 13029
+1883%

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 L7500 225
i5-10400F 1454
+546%

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 L7500 376
i5-10400F 5767
+1434%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo L7500 68.2
i5-10400F 6.25
+991%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 65 Watt

Core 2 Duo L7500 has 282.4% lower power consumption.

i5-10400F, on the other hand, has 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo L7500 and Core i5-10400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo L7500 is a notebook processor while Core i5-10400F is a desktop one.


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