Intel Core i5-460M vs Pentium Dual Core T4300

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Combined performance score

Pentium Dual T4300
0.80

Core i5-460M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4300 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking24682426
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreIntel Core i5
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date1 June 2009 (14 years old)26 September 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$80
Current price$58 $533 (6.7x MSRP)

Technical specs

Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M 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)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus support800 MHz2400 MHz
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors410 Million382+177 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M 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
SocketPGA478BGA1288,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data-
FMAno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M 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 T4300 and Core i5-460M are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.1 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data766 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 T4300 0.80
i5-460M 0.85
+6.2%

Core i5-460M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4300 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


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 T4300 1232
i5-460M 1298
+5.4%

Core i5-460M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4300 by 5% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pentium Dual T4300 2242
i5-460M 3080
+37.4%

Core i5-460M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4300 by 37% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium Dual T4300 4057
i5-460M 7085
+74.6%

Core i5-460M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4300 by 75% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium Dual T4300 1825
i5-460M 2945
+61.4%

Core i5-460M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4300 by 61% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pentium Dual T4300 39
i5-460M 18.6
+110%

Pentium Dual Core T4300 outperforms Core i5-460M by 110% in wPrime 32.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.80 0.85
Recency 1 June 2009 26 September 2010
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Core i5-460M. The differences in performance seem too small.


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