Core Duo T2500 vs Core 2 Duo T5600

Place in the ranking	2992	3155
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Core Duo
Power efficiency	1.14	0.79
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date	28 July 2006 (18 years ago)	January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$241	$120

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5600 and Core Duo T2500 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	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.83 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	667 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	0 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	143 mm²	90 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	151 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.0375V-1.3V	1.1625V - 1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5600 and Core Duo T2500 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	1
Socket	PPGA478, PBGA479	PBGA479,PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5600 and Core Duo T2500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	-	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	no data	32 Bit
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5600 and Core Duo T2500 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 T5600 and Core Duo T2500 are enumerated here.

VT-x

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5600 and Core Duo T2500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR1

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 T5600 0.41
+57.7%

Duo T2500 0.26

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 T5600 658
+61.3%

Duo T2500 408

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 T5600 1560

Duo T2500 1621
+3.9%