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).

 

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: 1216 vs 967
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2838 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 1216 vs 967
PassMark - CPU mark 2838 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
1216
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
795
2838
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 1216
PassMark - CPU mark 795 2838
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)