Core 2 Duo SU9400 vs Core 2 Duo T5450

Place in the ranking	3047	3095
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Core 2 Duo	Intel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	1.03	3.03
Architecture codename	Merom-2048 (2006−2008)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	no data	20 August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$262

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core 2 Duo SU9400 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	1.66 GHz	1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.66 GHz	1.4 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	3 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	3 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.25V	1.05V-1.15V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core 2 Duo SU9400 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	PPGA478	BGA956
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core 2 Duo SU9400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core 2 Duo SU9400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core 2 Duo SU9400 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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 T5450 0.37
+15.6%

Core 2 Duo SU9400 0.32

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 T5450 583
+14.1%

Core 2 Duo SU9400 511

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 T5450 1666
+4.4%

Core 2 Duo SU9400 1596

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 T5450 3122
+8.4%

Core 2 Duo SU9400 2879

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 T5450 1367
+14.2%

Core 2 Duo SU9400 1197