Celeron 3215U vs Core 2 Duo T5500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2720
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data4.27
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date1 February 2007 (17 years ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U 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 speed1.66 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.66 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rate667 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size143 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors291 Million1300 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.0375V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U 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
SocketPPGA478, PBGA479FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.2/12

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Celeron 3215U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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 T5500 548
Celeron 3215U 1083
+97.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo T5500 143
Celeron 3215U 332
+132%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo T5500 249
Celeron 3215U 588
+136%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2007 1 June 2015
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron 3215U has an age advantage of 8 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 126.7% lower power consumption.

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