Celeron B720 vs Duo T2500
Aggregate performance score
Celeron B720 outperforms Core Duo T2500 by a whopping 100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3437 | 3166 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Core Duo | Intel Celeron |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Yonah (2005−2006) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | January 2006 (19 years ago) | 1 January 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $120 | $70 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core Duo T2500 and Celeron B720 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 2.0 |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 17 |
| L1 cache | 0 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 1.5 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 90 mm2 | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 151 million | 504 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1.1625V - 1.3V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core Duo T2500 and Celeron B720 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | PBGA479,PPGA478 | G2 (988B) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Duo T2500 and Celeron B720. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| FMA | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| My WiFi | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | - | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | - |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Core Duo T2500 and Celeron B720 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core Duo T2500 and Celeron B720 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Duo T2500 and Celeron B720. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.335 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core Duo T2500 and Celeron B720 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core Duo T2500 and Celeron B720.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.23 | 0.46 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 35 Watt |
Duo T2500 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 12.9% lower power consumption.
Celeron B720, on the other hand, has a 100% higher aggregate performance score, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Celeron B720 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core Duo T2500 in performance tests.
Other comparisons
We've compiled a selection of CPU comparisons, ranging from closely matched processors to other comparisons that may be of interest.
