Athlon Neo MV-40 vs Core 2 Duo T5200

General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5200 and Athlon Neo MV-40 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Core 2 Duo	AMD Athlon Neo
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Huron (2009)
Release date	July 2006 (17 years ago)	6 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Current price	$25	$85

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T5200 and Athlon Neo MV-40 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.66 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus support	533 MHz	1600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	143 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.175V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5200 and Athlon Neo MV-40 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	479	ASB1
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5200 and Athlon Neo MV-40. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
VirusProtect	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5200 and Athlon Neo MV-40 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 T5200 and Athlon Neo MV-40 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
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.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	15 Watt

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