i7-9700 vs Pentium Dual T3200
Aggregate performance score
Core i7-9700 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T3200 by a whopping 1871% 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 | 3254 | 1107 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 6.75 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Pentium Dual Core | Intel Core i7 |
| Power efficiency | 0.46 | 4.90 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 1 October 2008 (17 years ago) | 23 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $323 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 36 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 12 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA1151 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| SIPP | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 42.671 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Max video memory | no data | 64 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.2 GHz |
| InTru 3D | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096 x 2304@24Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 4096 x 2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 4096 x 2304@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Core i7-9700.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.38 | 7.49 |
| Recency | 1 October 2008 | 23 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Pentium Dual T3200 has 85.7% lower power consumption.
i7-9700, on the other hand, has a 1871.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Core i7-9700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T3200 is a notebook processor while Core i7-9700 is a desktop one.
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