Turion II Neo K685 vs Core 2 Duo T7300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T7300 and Turion II Neo K685 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Turion II Neo
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Geneva (2010)
Release date	9 May 2007 (17 years ago)	15 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$234	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T7300 and Turion II Neo K685 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	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	3200 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	4 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	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T7300 and Turion II Neo K685 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	S1g4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7300 and Turion II Neo K685. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
VirusProtect	-	+
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 T7300 and Turion II Neo K685 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 T7300 and Turion II Neo K685 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T7300 and Turion II Neo K685. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 May 2007	15 December 2010
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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