Core 2 Duo T5800 vs Athlon X4 740

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2069not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency2.40no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cache192Kno data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB
L3 cacheno data2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size246 mm2143 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,303 million291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
VID voltage rangeno data1.075V-1.175V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800 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
SocketFM2PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
AMTno data+
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Athlon X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800 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 X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800.

PCIe version2.0no 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.



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 X4 740 2626
+318%
Core 2 Duo T5800 628

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon X4 740 377
+75.3%
Core 2 Duo T5800 215

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon X4 740 892
+162%
Core 2 Duo T5800 341

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 1 October 2008
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon X4 740 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Core 2 Duo T5800, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 740 and Core 2 Duo T5800. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X4 740 is a desktop processor while Core 2 Duo T5800 is a notebook one.


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