A100 vs Core 2 Duo P8700

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo P8700 and A100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2784not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency2.30no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Stealey (2007)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$209no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P8700 and A100 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 speed2.53 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.53 GHz0.6 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size107 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Million176 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1V - 1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P8700 and A100 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
SocketBGA479,PGA478Intel BGA 437
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P8700 and A100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P8700 and A100 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 P8700 and A100 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo P8700 and A100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 3 Watt

Core 2 Duo P8700 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

A100, on the other hand, has 733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo P8700 and A100. We've got no test results to judge.


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