Difference between prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell:
| Prokaryotic Cell | Eukaryotic Cell | |
| 1. | Cell size is generally small (1 – 10 µm). | Cell is generally large (5 – 100 µm). |
| 2. | Nuclear region is called nucleoid and is not surrounded by a nuclear membrane. | Nuclear material is surrounded by a nuclear membrane. |
| 3. | Only a single chromosome is present. | More than one chromosome is present. |
| 4. | Nucleolus is absent. | Nucleolus is present. |
| 5. | Membrane bound cell organelles are absent. | Membrane bound cell organelles. |
| 6. | Cell division by fission or budding (no mitosis). | Cell division mitotic or meiotic. |
