i3-2310M vs Pentium Dual T2370

Core 2 Duo T5500 Core 2 Duo T5750 Core 2 Duo T5800 Core 2 Duo T7200 Core 2 Duo T7250 Core 2 Duo T7300 Core 2 Duo T7500 Core 2 Duo T7700 Pentium Dual Core T2370 Pentium Dual Core T2390 Pentium Dual Core T3200 Pentium Dual Core T3400
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Core i3-2310M Core i3-2330M Core i3-2350M Core i5-2410M Core i5-2430M Core i5-2450M Core i5-2520M Core i5-2540M Core i7-2630QM Core i7-2640M Core i7-2670QM Pentium B960

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Pentium Dual T2370 Pentium Dual T2370
i3-2310M i3-2310M

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2630
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data2.08
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$225

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M 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)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate533 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size143 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C85C (PGA); 100C (BGA)
Number of transistors291 Million624 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M 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)
SocketPPGA478FCBGA1023,PPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 3000
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-2310M.

PCIe versionno data2.0
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.

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.

Pentium Dual T2370 455
i3-2310M 1222
+169%

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.

Pentium Dual T2370 1601
i3-2310M 2762
+72.6%

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.

Pentium Dual T2370 3063
i3-2310M 6191
+102%

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.

Pentium Dual T2370 1423
i3-2310M 2517
+76.9%

Pros & cons summary

Recency 1 January 2008 1 February 2011
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm

i3-2310M has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

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