Opteron 250 vs Core 2 Duo P8600

Place in the ranking	2858	2997
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	no data
Power efficiency	2.01	0.44
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	SledgeHammer (2003−2005)
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	December 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$209	$12

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P8600 and Opteron 250 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Die size	81 mm²	193 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	274 Million	106 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.15V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P8600 and Opteron 250 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	2
Socket	BGA479,PBGA479,PGA478	940
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P8600 and Opteron 250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Core 2 Duo P8600 and Opteron 250 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 Core 2 Duo P8600 and Opteron 250 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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.

Core 2 Duo P8600 0.53
+29.3%

Opteron 250 0.41

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.

Core 2 Duo P8600 849
+30.8%

Opteron 250 649

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.53	0.41
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	89 Watt

Core 2 Duo P8600 has a 29.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 256% lower power consumption.

The Core 2 Duo P8600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Opteron 250 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo P8600 is a notebook processor while Opteron 250 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo P8600 and Opteron 250, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.