Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 vs Intel Core i7-870

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 and Intel Core i7-870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals. 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 Core 2 Duo E6700

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-870

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 72.7°C vs 60.1°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1384 vs 1023
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3140 vs 990
  • Around 73% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 547 vs 317
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2032 vs 564
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 72.7°C vs 60.1°C
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1384 vs 1023
PassMark - CPU mark 3140 vs 990
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 547 vs 317
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2032 vs 564

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1023
1384
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
990
3140
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
317
547
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
564
2032
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Intel Core i7-870
PassMark - Single thread mark 1023 1384
PassMark - CPU mark 990 3140
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 317 547
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 564 2032
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 53.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.602

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Intel Core i7-870

Essentials

Architecture codename Conroe Lynnfield
Launch date Q3'06 September 2009
Place in performance rating 2701 2671
Processor Number E6700 i7-870
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $197
Price now $98.99
Value for money (0-100) 15.90

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.66 GHz 2.93 GHz
Bus Speed 1066 MHz FSB 2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size 143 mm2 296 mm2
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 60.1°C 72.7°C
Number of cores 2 4
Transistor count 291 million 774 million
VID voltage range 0.8500V-1.5V 0.6500V-1.4000V
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz
Number of threads 8

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 0 W
Sockets supported PLGA775 LGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
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)

Memory

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

Peripherals

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