Duo U2500 vs Athlon Neo X2 L335

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Neo X2 L335
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 18 Watt
0.33
+136%
Core Duo U2500
2 cores / 2 threads, 9 Watt
0.14

Athlon Neo X2 L335 outperforms Core Duo U2500 by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Core Duo U2500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30863333
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Athlon NeoCore Duo
Power efficiency1.731.47
Architecture codenameCongo (2009)Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date1 October 2009 (15 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Core Duo U2500 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 data1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz533 MHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cacheno data2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V - 1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Core Duo U2500 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.

SocketASB1 BGAPBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Core Duo U2500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHT 3.0, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualizationno data
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Core Duo U2500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Core Duo U2500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Neo X2 L335 and Core Duo U2500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2no 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.

Athlon Neo X2 L335 0.33
+136%
Duo U2500 0.14

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.

Athlon Neo X2 L335 529
+137%
Duo U2500 223

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.

Athlon Neo X2 L335 1331
+23.9%
Duo U2500 1074

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.

Athlon Neo X2 L335 2565
+26.9%
Duo U2500 2021

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.

Athlon Neo X2 L335 1155
+25.3%
Duo U2500 922

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.33 0.14
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 9 Watt

Athlon Neo X2 L335 has a 135.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Duo U2500, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Neo X2 L335 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core Duo U2500 in performance tests.


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