Athlon X2 L310 vs Core 2 Duo T5300

Place in the ranking	3085	3216
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Core 2 Duo	2x AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	0.92	1.53
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Conesus (2009)
Release date	no data	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5300 and Athlon X2 L310 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	1.73 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.73 GHz	1.2 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5300 and Athlon X2 L310 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.

Socket	PPGA478	BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5300 and Athlon X2 L310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5300 and Athlon X2 L310 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 T5300 and Athlon X2 L310 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
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 T5300 0.33
+57.1%

Athlon X2 L310 0.21

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 T5300 530
+58.2%

Athlon X2 L310 335