Core 2 Duo E6400 vs Pentium Dual Core T2390

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E6400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Coreno data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date1 March 2008 (16 years ago)July 2006 (17 years ago)
Current price$10 $46

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E6400 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
Base clock speedno data2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz2.13 GHz
Bus support533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2143 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data61 °C
Number of transistors291 Million291 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E6400 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
SocketPPGA478LGA775,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E6400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E6400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E6400 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E6400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium Dual T2390 568
Core 2 Duo E6400 765
+34.7%

Core 2 Duo E6400 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2390 by 35% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E6400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T2390 is a notebook processor while Core 2 Duo E6400 is a desktop one.


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