Pentium Silver vs Core 2 Duo E4500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E4500 and Pentium Silver processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1958
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Architecture codename	Allendale (2006−2009)	no data
Release date	July 2007 (17 years ago)	1 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E4500 and Pentium Silver 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	no data
Die size	111 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	no data
Number of transistors	167 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E4500 and Pentium Silver 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	no data
Socket	LGA775	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and Pentium Silver. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
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

Core 2 Duo E4500 and Pentium Silver 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 2 Duo E4500 and Pentium Silver are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and Pentium Silver. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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