Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 vs Core 2 Duo T5900

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core 2 Duo T7250 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 DuoIntel Core 2 Duo
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date1 October 2008 (15 years old)2 August 2007 (16 years old)
Current price$41 $62

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core 2 Duo T7250 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 speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Bus support800 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data143 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data1.075V-1.175V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core 2 Duo T7250 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
SocketSocket PPBGA479,PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core 2 Duo T7250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
AMT+no data
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core 2 Duo T7250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core 2 Duo T7250 are enumerated here.

VT-xno 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 T5900 652
Core 2 Duo T7250 705
+8.1%

Core 2 Duo T7250 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5900 by 8% 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 T5900 273
+34.5%
Core 2 Duo T7250 203

Core 2 Duo T5900 outperforms Core 2 Duo T7250 by 34% 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 T5900 466
+44.7%
Core 2 Duo T7250 322

Core 2 Duo T5900 outperforms Core 2 Duo T7250 by 45% 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 T5900 2123
+2.4%
Core 2 Duo T7250 2073

Core 2 Duo T5900 outperforms Core 2 Duo T7250 by 2% 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 T5900 3997
+6.2%
Core 2 Duo T7250 3763

Core 2 Duo T5900 outperforms Core 2 Duo T7250 by 6% 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 T5900 1864
+9.3%
Core 2 Duo T7250 1705

Core 2 Duo T5900 outperforms Core 2 Duo T7250 by 9% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 October 2008 2 August 2007

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