Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Core 2 Duo T7600

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Core 2 Duo T7600 Core 2 Duo T7600
Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T7600 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2747not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duo2x AMD Athlon 64
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Tyler (2007−2009)
Release date28 August 2006 (17 years ago)1 November 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$619no data
Current price$117 (0.2x MSRP)$66

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T7600 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 speed2.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.33 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus support667 MHz1600 MHz
L1 cache64 KB0 MB
L2 cache4 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range1.0375V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T7600 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 configuration1no data
SocketPBGA479,PPGA478Socket S1
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7600 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow
PowerNowno data+
VirusProtectno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T7600 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 T7600 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 are enumerated here.

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 T7600 824
+42.8%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 577

Core 2 Duo T7600 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 by 43% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary

Recency 28 August 2006 1 November 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 20 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T7600 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. We've got no test results to judge.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T7600 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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