Celeron N3060 vs Core 2 Duo P9700

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2674not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Celeron
Power efficiency2.44no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date2 June 2009 (15 years ago)15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$348$107

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060 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 speed2.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.48 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache6 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.012V-1.175Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060 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)
SocketPGA478FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo P9700 and Celeron N3060.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

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 P9700 1149
+73.8%
Celeron N3060 661

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo P9700 3425
+170%
Celeron N3060 1267

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo P9700 6133
+156%
Celeron N3060 2397

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 P9700 54.6
Celeron N3060 43.13
+26.6%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2009 15 January 2016
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron N3060 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 366.7% lower power consumption.

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