Athlon X2 L310 vs Core 2 Duo T5300
Primary details
Comparing Core 2 Duo T5300 and Athlon X2 L310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | Core 2 Duo | 2x AMD Athlon |
Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Conesus (2009) |
Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
Power consumption (TDP) | 34 Watt | 13 Watt |
Athlon X2 L310 has 161.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5300 and Athlon X2 L310. We've got no test results to judge.
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