Pentium 4 660 vs Core 2 Duo T7250

Place in the ranking	2952	3210
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Pentium 4
Power efficiency	1.22	0.17
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Prescott 2M
Release date	2 August 2007 (17 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T7250 and Pentium 4 660 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Die size	143 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.175V	1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T7250 and Pentium 4 660 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	PBGA479,PPGA478	PLGA775,PPGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7250 and Pentium 4 660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T7250 and Pentium 4 660 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T7250 and Pentium 4 660 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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 T7250 0.45
+114%

Pentium 4 660 0.21

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
+86.7%

Pentium 4 660 84

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.45	0.21
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	115 Watt

Core 2 Duo T7250 has a 114.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 228.6% lower power consumption.

The Core 2 Duo T7250 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4 660 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T7250 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 660 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T7250 and Pentium 4 660, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.