AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 vs Intel Core 2 Duo T5470

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5470 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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
SeriesCore 2 Duo2x Athlon 64
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Taylor / Hawk-256
Release dateno datano data
Current price$35 $18.49

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T5470 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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 speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus support800 MHz667 MHz
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range1.075V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5470 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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.

SocketPPGA478no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5470 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55. 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
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5470 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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 T5470 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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.


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%

Core 2 Duo T5470 590
+13.9%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 518

Core 2 Duo T5470 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 by 14% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Core 2 Duo T5470 1365
+3.7%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 1316

Core 2 Duo T5470 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 by 4% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 31 Watt

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