Turion II M500 vs Pentium Dual T4400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4400
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.81
+52.8%
Turion II M500
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53

Pentium Dual Core T4400 outperforms Turion II M500 by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Turion II M500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26082861
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreAMD Turion II
Power efficiency2.191.43
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Caspian (2009)
Release date1 December 2009 (15 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Turion II M500 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 speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Turion II M500 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 configuration1no data
SocketPSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Turion II M500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Turion II M500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no 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.

Pentium Dual T4400 0.81
+52.8%
Turion II M500 0.53

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 T4400 2231
+19.7%
Turion II M500 1865

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 T4400 4200
+17%
Turion II M500 3591

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 T4400 1897
+8%
Turion II M500 1756

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 38.2
Turion II M500 34.76
+9.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.81 0.53
Recency 1 December 2009 10 September 2009

Pentium Dual T4400 has a 52.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 months.

The Pentium Dual Core T4400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M500 in performance tests.


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