Intel Pentium Gold G6605 vs Intel Core2 Duo L7700

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Intel Pentium Gold G6605 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core2 Duo L7700
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Core2 Duo L7700

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 or Intel Core2 Duo L7700 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Core2 Duo L7700 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Intel Core2 Duo L7700 was released in Q3/2007.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Pentium G6000 (12) CPU group Intel Core 2 Duo L7000/SL7000/T5000/U7000 (18)
10 Generation 1
Comet Lake S Architecture Merom (Core)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6605 is 4.30 GHz while the Intel Core2 Duo L7700 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core2 Duo L7700 is at 1.80 GHz.

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo L7700
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
4.30 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo L7700
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 or Intel Core2 Duo L7700 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel HD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Core2 Duo L7700 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo L7700
DDR4-2666 Memory
128 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium Gold G6605 is 58 W, while the Intel Core2 Duo L7700 has a TDP of 17 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo L7700
58 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core2 Duo L7700 is manufactured in 65 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo L7700
14 nm Technology 65 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
LGA 1200 Socket BGA 479
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2007
103 $ Release price --
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
1103 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo L7700 Intel Core2 Duo L7700
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
2462 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo L7700 Intel Core2 Duo L7700
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
940 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo L7700 Intel Core2 Duo L7700
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
2085 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo L7700 Intel Core2 Duo L7700
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo L7700 Intel Core2 Duo L7700
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
4445 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo L7700 Intel Core2 Duo L7700
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Core2 Duo L7700
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