i3-8100F vs Duo L2500

Celeron M 420 Celeron M 430 Celeron M 440 Core Duo T2050 Core Duo T2250 Core Duo T2300 Core Duo T2400 Core Duo T2450 Core Duo T2500 Core Duo T2600 Pentium Dual Core T2080 Pentium Dual Core T2130
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Celeron G4930 Core i3-8100 Core i3-9100 Core i5-8600 Core i5-9400 Core i5-9500 Core i5-9500T Core i5-9600 Core i5-9600KF Core i7-9700F Pentium Gold G5400 Pentium Gold G5420

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Duo L2500 Duo L2500
i3-8100F i3-8100F

Primary details

Comparing Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3146not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesCore DuoIntel Core i3
Power efficiency1.58no data
Architecture codenameYonah (2005−2006)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$117

Detailed specifications

Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.83 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.83 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate667 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.7625-1.2125Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F 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)
SocketPBGA4791151
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F 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 Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary

Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Duo L2500 has 333.3% lower power consumption.

i3-8100F, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core Duo L2500 is a notebook processor while Core i3-8100F is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core Duo L2500 and Core i3-8100F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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