Intel Celeron E3300 vs Intel Core i7-920

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron E3300 and Intel Core i7-920 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Celeron E3300

Intel Core i7-920

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron E3300

CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 67.9°C
2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Launch date	August 2009 vs November 2008
Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 67.9°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-920

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.93 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1215 vs 967
3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2840 vs 795
Around 52% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 469 vs 308
3.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1855 vs 541

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.93 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1215 vs 967
PassMark - CPU mark	2840 vs 795
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	469 vs 308
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1855 vs 541

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron E3300
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-920

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

967

1215

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

795

2840

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

308

469

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

541

1855

Name	Intel Celeron E3300	Intel Core i7-920
PassMark - Single thread mark	967	1215
PassMark - CPU mark	795	2840
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	308	469
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	541	1855
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.873
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		50.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.595
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron E3300	Intel Core i7-920
Essentials
Architecture codename	Wolfdale	Bloomfield
Launch date	August 2009	November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$70	$340
Place in performance rating	2766	2767
Price now	$57.38	$174
Processor Number	E3300	i7-920
Series	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	7.09	8.34
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	2.66 GHz
Bus Speed	800 MHz FSB	4.8 GT/s QPI
Die size	82 mm	263 mm2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (shared)	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	74.1°C	67.9°C
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	2.93 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Transistor count	228 million	731 million
VID voltage range	0.8500V-1.3625V	0.800V-1.375V
Front-side bus (FSB)		1333 MHz
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		1
Number of threads		8
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		24 GB
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	LGA775	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt
Package Size		42.5mm x 45.0mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)