Pentium Silver N5000 vs Core 2 Duo T9900

Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo T9900
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.75
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
+105%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Core 2 Duo T9900 by a whopping 105% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26692134
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency2.0324.29
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date2 June 2009 (15 years ago)11 December 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$530$161

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.06 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
Multiplierno data11
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.05V-1.2125Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketBGA479,PGA478FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T9900 and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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 T9900 0.75
Pentium Silver N5000 1.54
+105%

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 T9900 1189
Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+105%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo T9900 399
+15.3%
Pentium Silver N5000 346

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo T9900 641
Pentium Silver N5000 860
+34.2%

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.

Core 2 Duo T9900 3538
+54.1%
Pentium Silver N5000 2295

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo T9900 7094
+6.1%
Pentium Silver N5000 6688

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.

Core 2 Duo T9900 2787
Pentium Silver N5000 3320
+19.1%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo T9900 25.1
Pentium Silver N5000 16.83
+49.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.75 1.54
Recency 2 June 2009 11 December 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has a 105.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T9900 in performance tests.


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