Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ vs Core 2 Duo T5900

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoMobile Athlon 64
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Newark (2003)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)August 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache128 KB128K
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
Chip lithography65 nmno data
Die sizeno data193 mm2
Number of transistorsno data106 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ 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 P754
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
AMT+no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

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 T5900 652
+100%
Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ 326

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 62 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5900 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 77.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel Core 2 Duo T5900
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