Athlon XP 2400+ vs Core 2 Duo T9600

Place in the ranking	2727	3309
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	no data
Power efficiency	1.84	0.21
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Thorton (2001−2003)
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	August 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$316	$90

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9600 and Athlon XP 2400+ 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	2.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Die size	107 mm²	80 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	63 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.2125V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9600 and Athlon XP 2400+ 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	BGA479,BGA956,PBGA479,PGA478	A
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	68 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9600 and Athlon XP 2400+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T9600 and Athlon XP 2400+ 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 T9600 and Athlon XP 2400+ 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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo T9600 0.68
+353%

Athlon XP 2400+ 0.15

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 T9600 1075
+359%

Athlon XP 2400+ 234

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.68	0.15
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	68 Watt

Core 2 Duo T9600 has a 353.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 94.3% lower power consumption.

The Core 2 Duo T9600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon XP 2400+ in performance tests.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T9600 is a notebook processor while Athlon XP 2400+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T9600 and Athlon XP 2400+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.