Core 2 Duo E4300 vs Core i7-2610UE

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-2610UE and Core 2 Duo E4300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2532not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i7no data
Power efficiency4.93no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Allendale (2006−2009)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)July 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$317no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-2610UE and Core 2 Duo E4300 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speedno data1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s800 MHz
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data111 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data61 °C
Number of transistors624 Million167 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2610UE and Core 2 Duo E4300 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2610UE and Core 2 Duo E4300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core i7-2610UE and Core 2 Duo E4300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-2610UE and Core 2 Duo E4300 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-2610UE and Core 2 Duo E4300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 3000no 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.

i7-2610UE 1409
+138%
Core 2 Duo E4300 593

Pros & cons summary


Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 65 Watt

i7-2610UE has 100% more threads, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 282.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-2610UE and Core 2 Duo E4300. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core i7-2610UE is a notebook processor while Core 2 Duo E4300 is a desktop one.


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Intel Core i7-2610UE
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