Celeron 1037U vs Core 2 Duo SP9400

Place in the ranking	2804	2740
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date	20 August 2008 (16 years ago)	20 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$284	$86

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	5 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Die size	107 mm²	118 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U 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	BGA956	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequency	no data	1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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 SP9400 0.56

Celeron 1037U 0.65
+16.1%

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 SP9400 863

Celeron 1037U 998
+15.6%

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 SP9400 2083

Celeron 1037U 2500
+20%

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 SP9400 3950

Celeron 1037U 4824
+22.1%

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 SP9400 2059
+8.2%

Celeron 1037U 1903

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.56	0.65
Recency	20 August 2008	20 January 2013
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	17 Watt

Celeron 1037U has a 16.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 47.1% lower power consumption.

The Celeron 1037U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo SP9400 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Celeron 1037U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.