Athlon X2 L310 vs Core 2 Duo T6600
Primary details
Comparing Core 2 Duo T6600 and Athlon X2 L310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2745 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Core 2 Duo | 2x AMD Athlon |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Conesus (2009) |
| Release date | 6 January 2009 (15 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (14 years ago) |
| Current price | $131 | $9.79 |
Detailed specifications
Core 2 Duo T6600 and Athlon X2 L310 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 | 2.2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus support | 800 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB L2 Cache | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
| VID voltage range | 1V-1.25V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core 2 Duo T6600 and Athlon X2 L310 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.
| Socket | PGA478 | BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 13 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6600 and Athlon X2 L310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection |
| VirusProtect | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Core 2 Duo T6600 and Athlon X2 L310 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 T6600 and Athlon X2 L310 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no 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 T6600 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by 157% 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 T6600 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by 109% 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 T6600 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by 87% 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 T6600 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by 139% 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 T6600 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by 156% 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 T6600 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by 125% in 3DMark06 CPU.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Athlon X2 L310 outperforms Core 2 Duo T6600 by 47% in wPrime 32.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2009 | 10 September 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 13 Watt |
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