Core i9-11950H vs Core 2 Duo E4600

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated554
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Tiger Lake
Power efficiencyno data36.04
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)Tiger Lake-H (2021)
Release dateOctober 2007 (17 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz5 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size111 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature73 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors167 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775FCBGA1787
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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.

Core 2 Duo E4600 785
i9-11950H 21175
+2597%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

i9-11950H has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 550% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E4600 and Core i9-11950H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E4600 is a desktop processor while Core i9-11950H is a notebook one.


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