Athlon 64 TF-20 vs Core 2 Duo T8300

General info
Technical specs
Compatibility
Technologies
Benchmarks
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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T8300 and Athlon 64 TF-20 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2364	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Athlon 64
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Sherman (2009)
Release date	10 January 2008 (16 years old)	1 May 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$241	no data
Current price	$106 (0.4x MSRP)	$4.99

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T8300 and Athlon 64 TF-20 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus support	800 MHz	667 MHz
L1 cache	no data	0.1 MB
L2 cache	3 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °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 T8300 and Athlon 64 TF-20 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	BGA479,PGA478	S1g1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Athlon 64 TF-20. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection
VirusProtect	no 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
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T8300 and Athlon 64 TF-20 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 T8300 and Athlon 64 TF-20 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.

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 T8300 2626
+111%

Athlon 64 TF-20 1245

Core 2 Duo T8300 outperforms Athlon 64 TF-20 by 111% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-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 T8300 2143
+250%

Athlon 64 TF-20 612

Core 2 Duo T8300 outperforms Athlon 64 TF-20 by 250% in 3DMark06 CPU.