Pentium Dual T4500 vs i3-2310E

Place in performance ranking	2332	2535
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i3	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)	10 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$225	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-2310E and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	800 MHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	149 mm²	107 mm²
Number of transistors	624 million	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-2310E and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	Intel BGA1023	PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-2310E and Pentium Dual Core T4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-2310E and Pentium Dual Core T4500 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-2310E and Pentium Dual Core T4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 3000

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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.

i3-2310E 1.20
+37.9%

Pentium Dual T4500 0.87

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.

i3-2310E 1845
+38.1%

Pentium Dual T4500 1336

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.20	0.87
Recency	1 February 2011	10 January 2009
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm

i3-2310E has a 37.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i3-2310E is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i3-2310E and Pentium Dual Core T4500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.