Phenom X3 8850 vs Core 2 Duo T5500

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Core 2 Duo T5500 Core 2 Duo T5500
Phenom X3 8850 Phenom X3 8850

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5500 and Phenom X3 8850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2683
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data0.72
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Toliman (2008)
Release date1 February 2007 (17 years ago)October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Phenom X3 8850 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)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads23
Base clock speed1.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.66 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2285 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 Million450 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.0375V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5500 and Phenom X3 8850 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 configuration11
SocketPPGA478, PBGA479AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Phenom X3 8850. 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
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Phenom X3 8850 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 T5500 and Phenom X3 8850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
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.

Core 2 Duo T5500 548
Phenom X3 8850 1142
+108%

Pros & cons summary

Physical cores 2 3
Threads 2 3
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 95 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5500 has 179.4% lower power consumption.

Phenom X3 8850, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5500 and Phenom X3 8850. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T5500 is a notebook processor while Phenom X3 8850 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T5500 and Phenom X3 8850, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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