Athlon Neo X2 L335 vs Core 2 Duo T5500

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo T5500
2007
2 cores / 2 threads, 34 Watt
0.35
+6.1%
Athlon Neo X2 L335
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 18 Watt
0.33

Core 2 Duo T5500 outperforms Athlon Neo X2 L335 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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 ranking30573086
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duo2x AMD Athlon Neo
Power efficiency0.971.73
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Congo (2009)
Release date1 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.66 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate667 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache64 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.0375V-1.3Vno 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 configuration1no data
SocketPPGA478, PBGA479ASB1 BGA
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt18 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 extensionsno dataHT 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 typesno dataDDR2

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 T5500 0.35
+6.1%
Athlon Neo X2 L335 0.33

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 T5500 561
+6%
Athlon Neo X2 L335 529

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo T5500 1660
+24.7%
Athlon Neo X2 L335 1331

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo T5500 3069
+19.7%
Athlon Neo X2 L335 2565

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 T5500 1392
+20.5%
Athlon Neo X2 L335 1155

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.35 0.33
Recency 1 February 2007 1 October 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 18 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5500 has a 6.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon Neo X2 L335, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 88.9% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core 2 Duo T5500 and Athlon Neo X2 L335.


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