Xeon Silver 4310T vs Core 2 Duo T7500

Place in the ranking	2857	564
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	no data
Power efficiency	1.41	11.90
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	8 May 2007 (17 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$234	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T7500 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	2	20
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	15 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	10 nm
Die size	143 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	88 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.075V - 1.25V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T7500 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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	1	2
Socket	PBGA479,PPGA478	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7500 and Xeon Silver 4310T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T7500 and Xeon Silver 4310T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T7500 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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 T7500 and Xeon Silver 4310T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T7500 and Xeon Silver 4310T.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

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 T7500 0.53

Xeon Silver 4310T 13.45
+2438%

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 T7500 828

Xeon Silver 4310T 20973
+2433%

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 T7500 236

Xeon Silver 4310T 1384
+486%

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 T7500 364

Xeon Silver 4310T 8427
+2215%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.53	13.45
Recency	8 May 2007	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	10
Threads	2	20
Chip lithography	65 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	105 Watt

Core 2 Duo T7500 has 200% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4310T, on the other hand, has a 2437.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4310T is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T7500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T7500 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4310T is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T7500 and Xeon Silver 4310T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.