Comparison of the low-mass core helium-burning phase from YREC (solid) and PARSEC v2.0 (dashed) from the beginning of central core helium burning to Y_cen = 10⁻³, except where noted with “^*.” The tracks include masses between and including 0.8M_⊙ and 2.4M_⊙ in steps of 0.4M_⊙ and 3M_⊙ and 8M_⊙ in steps of 1M_⊙. The low-mass PARSEC v2.0 models, which have suppressed helium ingestion episodes, generally reach core helium exhaustion at lower luminosities than YREC models, which experience helium ingestion episodes that allow for continued growth of the core and extension to larger luminosities.