Core i5-10500 vs Core 2 Duo T5450

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated895
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesCore 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data12.29
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Comet Lake (2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed1.66 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.66 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate667 MHz8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.075V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500 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
SocketPPGA478FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500. 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-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500 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 T5450 and Core i5-10500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 T5450 583
i5-10500 13409
+2200%

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.

Core 2 Duo T5450 191
i5-10500 1527
+699%

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.

Core 2 Duo T5450 327
i5-10500 5490
+1579%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5450 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

i5-10500, on the other hand, has 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5450 and Core i5-10500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T5450 is a notebook processor while Core i5-10500 is a desktop one.


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