Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57

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General info

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 and Core 2 Duo L7500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x Athlon 64Core 2 Duo
Architecture codenameHawk-256Merom (2006−2008)
Release dateno datano data
Current price$9.37 $172

Technical specs

Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 and Core 2 Duo L7500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus support667 MHz800 MHz
L3 cacheno data4 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data0.975V - 1.062V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 and Core 2 Duo L7500 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socketno dataPBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 and Core 2 Duo L7500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 and Core 2 Duo L7500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 and Core 2 Duo L7500 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 620
Core 2 Duo L7500 641
+3.4%

Core 2 Duo L7500 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 by 3% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 176
Core 2 Duo L7500 225
+27.8%

Core 2 Duo L7500 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 by 28% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 315
Core 2 Duo L7500 376
+19.4%

Core 2 Duo L7500 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 by 19% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Advantages and disadvantages


Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 17 Watt

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