Celeron 220 vs Core 2 Extreme X7900

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Celeron 220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2700not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Extremeno data
Power efficiency1.49no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date1 September 2007 (17 years ago)October 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$851no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Celeron 220 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed2.8 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz533 MHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB
L2 cache4 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm277 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.1V-1.375V1V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Celeron 220 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
SocketPPGA478PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)44 Watt19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Celeron 220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Celeron 220 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Celeron 220 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Celeron 220. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1no 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 Extreme X7900 1104
+428%
Celeron 220 209

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 44 Watt 19 Watt

Core 2 Extreme X7900 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron 220, on the other hand, has 131.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Celeron 220. We've got no test results to judge.


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