Pentium P6200 vs Core 2 Duo T8300

Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo T8300
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.93
+63.2%
Pentium P6200
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.57

Core 2 Duo T8300 outperforms Pentium P6200 by an impressive 63% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25292827
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Pentium
Power efficiency2.521.54
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date10 January 2008 (16 years ago)26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$241$60

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200 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 speed2.4 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz0.13 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate800 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cache3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
Number of transistors410 Million384 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketBGA479,PGA478PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching--
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Pentium P6200.

PCIe versionno data2.0
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.


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 T8300 0.93
+63.2%
Pentium P6200 0.57

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 T8300 1472
+62.1%
Pentium P6200 908

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 T8300 303
+6.3%
Pentium P6200 285

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 T8300 481
+0.4%
Pentium P6200 479

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 T8300 2626
+9.7%
Pentium P6200 2394

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 T8300 4837
+4.7%
Pentium P6200 4620

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 T8300 2143
+10%
Pentium P6200 1949

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.93 0.57
Recency 10 January 2008 26 September 2010
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm

Core 2 Duo T8300 has a 63.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium P6200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Core 2 Duo T8300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium P6200 in performance tests.


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