AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 vs Intel Core 2 Duo T7600

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T7600 and Mobile Sempron SI-42 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2709not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Mobile Sempron
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Sable (2008−2009)
Release date28 August 2006 (17 years old)1 September 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$619no data
Current price$117 (0.2x MSRP)$17.37

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T7600 and Mobile Sempron SI-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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed2.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.33 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus support667 MHz1800 MHz
L1 cache64 KB128 KB
L2 cache4 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °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 Mobile Sempron SI-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,PPGA478S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7600 and Mobile Sempron SI-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data65 nm, 1.075 - 1.125
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 Mobile Sempron SI-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 Mobile Sempron SI-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.


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 T7600 2004
+155%
Mobile Sempron SI-42 787

Core 2 Duo T7600 outperforms Mobile Sempron SI-42 by 155% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 28 August 2006 1 September 2009
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 25 Watt

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