Xeon Gold 6130T vs Core 2 Duo T9600
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6130T outperforms Core 2 Duo T9600 by a whopping 1895% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3020 | 696 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | 1.19 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | no data | 10.61 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) |
| Release date | 15 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $316 | $1,988 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6130T has 5850% better value for money than Core 2 Duo T9600.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core 2 Duo T9600 and Xeon Gold 6130T 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 1066 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB L2 Cache | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 92 °C |
| 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 Xeon Gold 6130T 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 | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | BGA479,BGA956,PBGA479,PGA478 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9600 and Xeon Gold 6130T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Core 2 Duo T9600 and Xeon Gold 6130T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T9600 and Xeon Gold 6130T are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T9600 and Xeon Gold 6130T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 128.001 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T9600 and Xeon Gold 6130T.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.62 | 12.37 |
| Recency | 15 July 2008 | 11 July 2017 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 16 |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 125 Watt |
Core 2 Duo T9600 has 257.1% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6130T, on the other hand, has a 1895.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6130T is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 in performance tests.
Be aware that Core 2 Duo T9600 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6130T is a server/workstation one.
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