Core i3-3217U vs Core 2 Duo T7250

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T7250 and Core i3-3217U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2625
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data4.29
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date2 August 2007 (17 years ago)1 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$225

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T7250 and Core i3-3217U 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed2 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Die size143 mm2118 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.075V-1.175Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T7250 and Core i3-3217U 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
SocketPBGA479,PPGA478FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7250 and Core i3-3217U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching--
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T7250 and Core i3-3217U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T7250 and Core i3-3217U 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 T7250 and Core i3-3217U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 4000
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T7250 and Core i3-3217U integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T7250 and Core i3-3217U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
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 T7250 708
i3-3217U 1225
+73%

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 T7250 217
i3-3217U 293
+35%

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 T7250 345
i3-3217U 619
+79.4%

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 T7250 2073
i3-3217U 2477
+19.5%

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 T7250 3763
i3-3217U 5394
+43.3%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo T7250 1705
i3-3217U 2229
+30.7%

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 T7250 45
i3-3217U 30.76
+46.3%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 August 2007 1 June 2012
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

i3-3217U has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

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