Intel Pentium G640T vs Core 2 Duo E7600

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Combined performance score

Core 2 Duo E7600
0.75
+1.4%

Core 2 Duo E7600 outperforms Pentium G640T by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo E7600 and Pentium G640T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25142529
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money5.480.82
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release dateMay 2009 (14 years old)3 June 2012 (11 years old)
Current price$59 $85
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Core 2 Duo E7600 has 568% better value for money than Pentium G640T.

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo E7600 and Pentium G640T 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)
Threads22
Base clock speed3.06 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.07 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB (shared)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size82 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E7600 and Pentium G640T 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
SocketLGA7751155
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E7600 and Pentium G640T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E7600 and Pentium G640T 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 E7600 and Pentium G640T are enumerated here.

VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E7600 and Pentium G640T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E7600 and Pentium G640T.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo E7600 0.75
+1.4%
Pentium G640T 0.74

Core 2 Duo E7600 outperforms Pentium G640T by 1% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Core 2 Duo E7600 1159
+1.8%
Pentium G640T 1139

Core 2 Duo E7600 outperforms Pentium G640T by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo E7600 368
Pentium G640T 379
+3%

Pentium G640T outperforms Core 2 Duo E7600 by 3% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo E7600 611
Pentium G640T 737
+20.6%

Pentium G640T outperforms Core 2 Duo E7600 by 21% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.75 0.74
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E7600 and Pentium G640T. The differences in performance seem too small.


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