i3-7120 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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Celeron G3930 Core i3-7100 Core i3-7100T Core i5-7400 Core i5-7500 Core i5-7500T Core i5-7600 Core i5-7600K Core i7-7700 Core i7-7700K Pentium G4560 Pentium G4600

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Pentium Dual T2370 Pentium Dual T2370
i3-7120 i3-7120

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-7120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3114not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreIntel Core i3
Power efficiency0.78no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)17 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$117

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-7120 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 data4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate533 MHz8 GT/s
Multiplierno data40
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data65 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-7120 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)
SocketPPGA4781151
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-7120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-7120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-7120.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary

Recency 1 January 2008 17 July 2017
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 51 Watt

Pentium Dual T2370 has 45.7% lower power consumption.

i3-7120, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-7120. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T2370 is a notebook processor while Core i3-7120 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Core i3-7120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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