Athlon XP 2400+ vs Core 2 Duo T9600

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9600 and Athlon XP 2400+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2721not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency1.82no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Thorton (2001−2003)
Release date15 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed2.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache6 MB256 KB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm130 nm
Die size107 mm280 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Million63 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.2125Vno 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 configurationno data1
SocketBGA479,BGA956,PBGA479,PGA478A
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt68 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.



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 1073
+359%
Athlon XP 2400+ 234

Pros & cons summary


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 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 94.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T9600 and Athlon XP 2400+. We've got no test results to judge.

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


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