Pentium Dual Core T2390 vs Core 2 Duo P9600

Place in the ranking	2713	3039
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	2.61	0.97
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 March 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$348	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P9600 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	1.86 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	6 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	107 mm²	143 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	291 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.212V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P9600 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 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.

Socket	PBGA479,PGA478	PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P9600 and Pentium Dual Core T2390. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P9600 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P9600 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no 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.

Core 2 Duo P9600 0.69
+91.7%

Pentium Dual T2390 0.36

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.

Core 2 Duo P9600 1093
+92.4%

Pentium Dual T2390 568

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.

Core 2 Duo P9600 2971
+67.8%

Pentium Dual T2390 1771

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.

Core 2 Duo P9600 5507
+65.3%

Pentium Dual T2390 3331

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo P9600 2375
+61.6%

Pentium Dual T2390 1470

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.69	0.36
Recency	1 January 2009	1 March 2008
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Core 2 Duo P9600 has a 91.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

The Core 2 Duo P9600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T2390 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo P9600 and Pentium Dual Core T2390, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.