Phenom II X3 N830 vs Core 2 Duo T7700

Place in performance ranking	2754	2663
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	3x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	2 September 2007 (17 years ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$307	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T7700 and Phenom II X3 N830 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)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	2	3
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	no data
L2 cache	4 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	143 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T7700 and Phenom II X3 N830 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	no data
Socket	PBGA479,PPGA478	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7700 and Phenom II X3 N830. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T7700 and Phenom II X3 N830 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 T7700 and Phenom II X3 N830 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T7700 and Phenom II X3 N830. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

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 T7700 0.61

Phenom II X3 N830 0.72
+18%

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 T7700 948

Phenom II X3 N830 1107
+16.8%

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 T7700 256

Phenom II X3 N830 269
+5.1%

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 T7700 417

Phenom II X3 N830 744
+78.4%

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 T7700 2554
+40.5%

Phenom II X3 N830 1817

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 T7700 4620

Phenom II X3 N830 4954
+7.2%

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 T7700 2058

Phenom II X3 N830 2412
+17.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.61	0.72
Recency	2 September 2007	12 May 2010
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm

Phenom II X3 N830 has a 18% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Phenom II X3 N830 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T7700 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T7700 and Phenom II X3 N830, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.