Turion II N570 vs Core 2 Duo T9600

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3058	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	0.75	no data
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	15 July 2008 (17 years ago)	16 December 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$316	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9600 and Turion II N570 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	265 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	107 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.2125V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9600 and Turion II N570 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,BGA956,PBGA479,PGA478	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9600 and Turion II N570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect	-	+
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 Turion II N570 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 Turion II N570 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T9600 and Turion II N570. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

15 July 2008

16 December 2010