Core i7-820QM vs Core 2 Solo SU3300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 SoloIntel Core i7
Power efficiencyno data2.35
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Clarksfield (2009−2010)
Release date20 August 2008 (16 years ago)24 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$262$546

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz3.06 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate800 MHz2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data13
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2296 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million774 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketBGA956FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)5.5 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data36 Bit

Security technologies

Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataNone

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM.

PCIe versionno data2
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.



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 Solo SU3300 1247
i7-820QM 3272
+162%

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 Solo SU3300 1247
i7-820QM 8559
+586%

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 Solo SU3300 564
i7-820QM 3149
+458%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 August 2008 24 June 2009
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 45 Watt

Core 2 Solo SU3300 has 800% lower power consumption.

i7-820QM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-820QM. We've got no test results to judge.


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