Core 2 Duo T5500 vs Athlon II N330
Aggregate performance score
Athlon II N330 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5500 by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3272 | 3335 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | Intel Core 2 Duo |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Merom (2006−2008) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 February 2007 (18 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II N330 and Core 2 Duo T5500 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 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.66 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 667 MHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 117.5 mm2 | 143 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 234 Million | 291 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.0375V-1.3V |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II N330 and Core 2 Duo T5500 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | PPGA478, PBGA479 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 34 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N330 and Core 2 Duo T5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Athlon II N330 and Core 2 Duo T5500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N330 and Core 2 Duo T5500 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and Core 2 Duo T5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.38 | 0.32 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 1 February 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 34 Watt |
Athlon II N330 has a 18.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 3300% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon II N330 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 in performance tests.
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