Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 vs Intel Pentium 3556U

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel BGA 1168
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 22 nm
Transistors 410 million 1,400 million
Die size 107 mm² 118 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-BGA1168
tCaseMax 72°C 105°C

Performance

Frequency 2.833 GHz 1700 MHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 333 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 8.5x 17.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.2 V
TDP 65 W 15 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life Active
Release date Apr 1st, 2008 Sep 1st, 2013
Codename Wolfdale Haswell
Generation Core 2 Duo Pentium
Part SLAPJSLAPN unknown
Memory support DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 6MB (shared) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 2MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

64-bit Yes
C1E Yes
C2E Yes
EIST Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TXT Yes
VT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

Notes

Notes Intel HD frequency: 200-1000MHz

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