i3-8000T vs Pentium E5300

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and Core i3-8000T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2816	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.04	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	0.83	no data
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	November 2008 (16 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 and Core i3-8000T 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	31
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	6 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	82 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 and Core i3-8000T 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	LGA775	LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and Core i3-8000T. 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
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium E5300 and Core i3-8000T 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 Pentium E5300 and Core i3-8000T are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and Core i3-8000T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics 630

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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