Celeron Dual-Core T3300 vs Core 2 Duo T5500

Place in the ranking	3054	2991
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Celeron Dual-Core
Power efficiency	0.95	1.08
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	1 February 2007 (17 years ago)	1 February 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.66 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	143 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.0375V-1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 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	no data
Socket	PPGA478, PBGA479	Socket P 478
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300. 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 T5500 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no 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.

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 T5500 0.34

Celeron Dual-Core T3300 0.40
+17.6%

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 T5500 548

Celeron Dual-Core T3300 633
+15.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	0.40
Recency	1 February 2007	1 February 2010
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	35 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5500 has 2.9% lower power consumption.

Celeron Dual-Core T3300, on the other hand, has a 17.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron Dual-Core T3300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T5500 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.