Intel Core m3-6Y30 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8400. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core M 6 Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Family
  Intel Core M Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  6 2
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Successor
  - No

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

• Base Frequency
  0.9 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.2 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  1.8 GHz No turbo

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
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9 -
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 515 -
• GPU Turbo
  850 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

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

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode -
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode -
• VC-1
  Decode -
• VP8
  Decode / Encode -
• VP9
  Decode -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and Intel Core m3-6Y30. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1866 DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  10 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core m3-6Y30 and Intel Core2 Duo E8400 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
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  4.5 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core m3-6Y30 and Intel Core2 Duo E8400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake Y Wolfdale
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  - 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB No
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2008
• Socket
  BGA 1515 LGA 775
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x