Intel Celeron E3500 vs Intel Core i7-880

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron E3500 and Intel Core i7-880 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron E3500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 72.7°C
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date August 2010 vs May 2010
Maximum core temperature 74.1°C vs 72.7°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-880

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 38% higher clock speed: 3.73 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1442 vs 1154
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3319 vs 935
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.73 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1442 vs 1154
PassMark - CPU mark 3319 vs 935

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron E3500
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-880

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1154
1442
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
935
3319
Name Intel Celeron E3500 Intel Core i7-880
PassMark - Single thread mark 1154 1442
PassMark - CPU mark 935 3319
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 589
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2203

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Celeron E3500 Intel Core i7-880

Essentials

Architecture codename Wolfdale Lynnfield
Launch date August 2010 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $62 $583
Place in performance rating 2141 2124
Price now $31 $583
Processor Number E3500 i7-880
Series Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 13.80 2.83
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.70 GHz 3.06 GHz
Bus Speed 800 MHz FSB 2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size 82 mm 296 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 72.7°C
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz 3.73 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Transistor count 228 million 774 million
VID voltage range 0.8500V-1.3625V 0.6500V-1.4000V
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Number of threads 8

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 DDR3 1066/1333
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm X 37.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported LGA775 LGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8