AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 vs Intel Core 2 Duo T5800

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5800 and Athlon X2 QL-64 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
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duo2x AMD Athlon
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date1 October 2008 (15 years old)1 January 2009 (15 years old)
Current price$44 $102

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T5800 and Athlon X2 QL-64 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 speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus support800 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range1.075V-1.175Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5800 and Athlon X2 QL-64 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 configurationno data1
SocketPPGA478S1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5800 and Athlon X2 QL-64. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNowno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
AMT+no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5800 and Athlon X2 QL-64 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 T5800 and Athlon X2 QL-64 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
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 T5800 628
+1%
Athlon X2 QL-64 622

Core 2 Duo T5800 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 1% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo T5800 220
+9.5%
Athlon X2 QL-64 201

Core 2 Duo T5800 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 9% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo T5800 352
Athlon X2 QL-64 384
+9.1%

Athlon X2 QL-64 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5800 by 9% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Core 2 Duo T5800 2000
+24%
Athlon X2 QL-64 1614

Core 2 Duo T5800 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 24% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Core 2 Duo T5800 3716
+15.3%
Athlon X2 QL-64 3223

Core 2 Duo T5800 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 15% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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 T5800 1640
+11.7%
Athlon X2 QL-64 1468

Core 2 Duo T5800 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 12% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 October 2008 1 January 2009

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5800 and Athlon X2 QL-64. We've got no test results to judge.


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