Athlon X2 L310 vs Pentium Dual T2390

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T2390
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.36
+71.4%
Athlon X2 L310
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 13 Watt
0.21

Pentium Dual Core T2390 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by an impressive 71% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 L310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30393213
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Core2x AMD Athlon
Power efficiency0.971.53
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Conesus (2009)
Release date1 March 2008 (16 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 L310 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz800 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 L310 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.

SocketPPGA478BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 L310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 L310 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

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.

Pentium Dual T2390 0.36
+71.4%
Athlon X2 L310 0.21

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.

Pentium Dual T2390 568
+72.6%
Athlon X2 L310 329

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.

Pentium Dual T2390 1771
+79.4%
Athlon X2 L310 987

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.

Pentium Dual T2390 3331
+90.7%
Athlon X2 L310 1747

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.

Pentium Dual T2390 1470
+69.7%
Athlon X2 L310 866

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.36 0.21
Recency 1 March 2008 10 September 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 13 Watt

Pentium Dual T2390 has a 71.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon X2 L310, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 169.2% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Dual Core T2390 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X2 L310 in performance tests.


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