Core i3-1125G4 vs Core 2 Duo T6500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1083
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Tiger Lake
Power efficiencyno data20.45
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Tiger Lake-UP3 (2020−2021)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz4 GT/s
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4 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
SocketPGA478FCBGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB+no data
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core i3-1125G4.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 T6500 747
i3-1125G4 9617
+1187%

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 T6500 242
i3-1125G4 1440
+495%

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 T6500 376
i3-1125G4 4050
+977%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 2 September 2020
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 28 Watt

i3-1125G4 has an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 350% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

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