Intel Core2 Duo E7500
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Intel Core2 Duo E7500 vs Intel Pentium B970. Specifications

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Released
Q1/2009
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
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Intel Pentium B970
Intel Pentium B970

What's the best choice Intel Core2 Duo E7500 or Intel Pentium B970? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Core2 Duo E7500 has a base frequency of 2.93 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q1/2009.

Intel Pentium B970 has a base frequency of 2.30 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 35 W. Released in Q1/2012.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 27% better clock speed

    2.93 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core2 Duo E7500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1012 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1124 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1146 place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    35 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium B970 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1462 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Intel Core2 Duo E7500
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 left arrow Intel Pentium 900
  • Family
    Intel Core2 Duo left arrow Intel Pentium
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 2
  • Predecessor
    No left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Mobile
  • Successor
    No left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.93 GHz left arrow 2.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 2
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 2
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No left arrow No turbo
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 10.1
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 6
  • Generation
    - left arrow 6
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 650 MHz
  • GPU name
    - left arrow Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1150 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 2
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q2/2011
  • Shader
    - left arrow 48
  • Technology
    - left arrow 32 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    - left arrow Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • JPEG
    - left arrow No
  • VC-1
    - left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    - left arrow No
  • VP9
    - left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium B970 and Intel Core2 Duo E7500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 16
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 2.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core2 Duo E7500 and Intel Pentium B970 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    80 °C left arrow 85 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 35 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    No left arrow -
  • TDP down
    No left arrow -
  • TDP up
    No left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core2 Duo E7500 and Intel Pentium B970, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Wolfdale left arrow Sandy Bridge U
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • L2-Cache
    3 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    No left arrow 2 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2009 left arrow Q1/2012
  • Socket
    LGA 775 left arrow PGA 988
  • Technology
    45 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

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