Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ vs Core 2 Duo T5500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5500 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ 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	Mobile Athlon 64
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Newark (2003)
Release date	1 February 2007 (17 years ago)	August 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.66 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	128K
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	no data
Die size	143 mm2	193 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	291 Million	106 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.0375V-1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5500 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ 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	1
Socket	PPGA478, PBGA479	754
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ 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 Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Mobile Athlon 64 3200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR1

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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Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	62 Watt

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