Pentium E5700 vs Core 2 Duo SL9600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2718
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data1.00
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date1 March 2009 (15 years ago)8 August 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$316$110

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700 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 speed2.13 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.13 GHz3 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB2 MB (shared)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C74 °C
Number of transistors410 Million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.15V0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700 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 configurationno data1
SocketBGA956LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching--
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2009 8 August 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 65 Watt

Core 2 Duo SL9600 has 282.4% lower power consumption.

Pentium E5700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Pentium E5700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo SL9600 is a notebook processor while Pentium E5700 is a desktop one.


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