Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Pentium Dual T2410
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium Dual Core | 2x AMD Athlon 64 |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Tyler (2007−2009) |
| Release date | 1 September 2008 (16 years ago) | 1 November 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 0 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 111 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 95 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 | P, 478Pin | Socket S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 20 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 September 2008 | 1 November 2009 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 20 Watt |
Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 75% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T2410 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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