Celeron 7300 vs Core 2 Duo E8600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2549not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency1.26no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads25
Base clock speed3.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.33 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB (shared)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300 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
SocketLGA775FCBGA1781
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 5
Threads 2 5
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 9 Watt

Celeron 7300 has 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads, and 622.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E8600 and Celeron 7300. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E8600 is a desktop processor while Celeron 7300 is a notebook one.


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