Core i7-1280P vs Core 2 Duo T5250

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated586
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCore 2 DuoIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiencyno data43.49
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Alder Lake-P (2022)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P 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)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speed1.5 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data217 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.075V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P 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 configurationno data1
SocketPPGA478FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data96

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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.

Core 2 Duo T5250 549
i7-1280P 20452
+3625%

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.

Core 2 Duo T5250 1298
i7-1280P 6579
+407%

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.

Core 2 Duo T5250 58.2
i7-1280P 34
+71.2%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 14
Threads 2 20
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 28 Watt

i7-1280P has 600% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5250 and Core i7-1280P. We've got no test results to judge.


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