Core 2 Duo T5270 vs Athlon II P340

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II P340
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.45
+66.7%
Core 2 Duo T5270
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.27

Athlon II P340 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5270 by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II P340 and Core 2 Duo T5270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29503145
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency1.700.73
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Merom-2048 (2006−2008)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II P340 and Core 2 Duo T5270 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 data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.4 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data143 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.075V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II P340 and Core 2 Duo T5270 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.

SocketS1g4PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P340 and Core 2 Duo T5270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVMno data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Athlon II P340 and Core 2 Duo T5270 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 II P340 and Core 2 Duo T5270 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II P340 0.45
+66.7%
Core 2 Duo T5270 0.27

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.

Athlon II P340 710
+66.3%
Core 2 Duo T5270 427

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.

Athlon II P340 187
Core 2 Duo T5270 198
+5.9%

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.

Athlon II P340 307
Core 2 Duo T5270 349
+13.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon II P340 1895
+32.8%
Core 2 Duo T5270 1427

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon II P340 3648
+34.2%
Core 2 Duo T5270 2717

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon II P340 34.8
+89.1%
Core 2 Duo T5270 65.8

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.45 0.27
Recency 4 October 2010 1 October 2008
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon II P340 has a 66.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II P340 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T5270 in performance tests.


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