Core i7-2637M vs Core 2 Solo SU3300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2353
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 SoloIntel Core i7
Power efficiencyno data6.49
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date20 August 2008 (16 years ago)3 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$262$289

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate800 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data17
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache3 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million624 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M 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)
SocketBGA956FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)5.5 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data8.01 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 3000
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.2 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M.

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.



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 Solo SU3300 1247
i7-2637M 3600
+189%

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 Solo SU3300 1247
i7-2637M 7074
+467%

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 Solo SU3300 564
i7-2637M 2834
+402%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 August 2008 3 January 2011
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 17 Watt

Core 2 Solo SU3300 has 240% lower power consumption.

i7-2637M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Solo SU3300 and Core i7-2637M. We've got no test results to judge.


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