Core 2 Duo T5250 vs Core 2 Duo T5550

Place in the ranking	3002	3062
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	1.11	0.97
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Merom-2048 (2006−2008)
Release date	1 January 2008 (16 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5550 and Core 2 Duo T5250 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	1.83 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.83 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	667 MHz
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	143 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.25V	1.075V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5550 and Core 2 Duo T5250 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	PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5550 and Core 2 Duo T5250. 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 T5550 and Core 2 Duo T5250 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 T5550 and Core 2 Duo T5250 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 T5550 0.40
+14.3%

Core 2 Duo T5250 0.35

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 T5550 642
+15.5%

Core 2 Duo T5250 556

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo T5550 227
+24%

Core 2 Duo T5250 183

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo T5550 410
+31.8%

Core 2 Duo T5250 311

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 T5550 1484
+14.3%

Core 2 Duo T5250 1298