Athlon Neo X2 L335 vs Core 2 Duo T5500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5500 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 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	Intel Core 2 Duo	2x AMD Athlon Neo
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Congo (2009)
Release date	1 February 2007 (17 years ago)	1 October 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 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	1.66 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.66 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	143 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.0375V-1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5500 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 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	1	no data
Socket	PPGA478, PBGA479	ASB1 BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Athlon Neo X2 L335. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	HT 3.0, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
VirusProtect	-	+
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 T5500 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 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 T5500 and Athlon Neo X2 L335 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Athlon Neo X2 L335. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 February 2007	1 October 2009
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	18 Watt

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