3015Ce vs Core 2 Duo SP9600

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2991	2542
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Pollock (Zen) (2020)
Release date	1 March 2009 (16 years ago)	4 August 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$316	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SP9600 and 3015Ce 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	4
Base clock speed	2.53 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.53 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 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	-	no data
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.15V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SP9600 and 3015Ce 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.

Socket	BGA479,BGA956,PBGA479	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	1 MB + 4 MB

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SP9600 and 3015Ce. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SP9600 and 3015Ce 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 SP9600 and 3015Ce are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SP9600 and 3015Ce. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 600 MHz)

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.65	1.19
Recency	1 March 2009	4 August 2020
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	1 Watt

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