Core 2 Duo T8100 vs Core 2 Duo T6500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core 2 Duo T8100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2886
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiencyno data1.30
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)10 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$209

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core 2 Duo T8100 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 speed2.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz800 MHz
L2 cache2 MB3 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache3 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2107 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors410 Million410 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core 2 Duo T8100 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.

SocketPGA478BGA479,PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core 2 Duo T8100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core 2 Duo T8100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Core 2 Duo T8100 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.



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 T6500 747
Core 2 Duo T8100 768
+2.8%

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 T6500 242
Core 2 Duo T8100 272
+12.4%

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 T6500 376
Core 2 Duo T8100 428
+13.8%

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.

Core 2 Duo T6500 2249
Core 2 Duo T8100 2320
+3.2%

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.

Core 2 Duo T6500 4262
Core 2 Duo T8100 4282
+0.5%

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 T6500 1879
+0.1%
Core 2 Duo T8100 1878

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo T6500 37.05
+1.2%
Core 2 Duo T8100 37.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 10 January 2008

Core 2 Duo T6500 has an age advantage of 11 months.

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