Celeron N2920 vs Core 2 Duo P8700

Place in the ranking	2806	2810
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	2.27	8.11
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 December 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$209	$107

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920 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	2.53 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.53 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	56K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Die size	107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1V - 1.25V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920 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	no data	1
Socket	BGA479,PGA478	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Smart Connect	no data	+
FSB parity	-	no data
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series
Graphics max frequency	no data	844 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4
USB revision	no data	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5

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 P8700 0.60

Celeron N2920 0.60

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 P8700 960
+1.1%

Celeron N2920 950

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo P8700 2805
+172%

Celeron N2920 1030

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo P8700 5169
+46.4%

Celeron N2920 3530

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo P8700 2254
+21.1%

Celeron N2920 1861

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo P8700 31.6
+1.2%

Celeron N2920 31.99

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Recency	1 January 2009	1 December 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	7 Watt

Celeron N2920 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo P8700 and Celeron N2920, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.