A10-4657M vs Core 2 Duo T5600

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5600 and A10-4657M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2397
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD A-Series
Power efficiencyno data3.00
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date28 July 2006 (18 years ago)1 April 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$241no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5600 and A10-4657M 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.83 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.83 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size143 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 Million1303 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.0375V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5600 and A10-4657M 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, PBGA479BGA
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5600 and A10-4657M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
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 T5600 and A10-4657M 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 T5600 and A10-4657M are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7660G

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 T5600 658
A10-4657M 1759
+167%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 July 2006 1 April 2013
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5600 has 2.9% lower power consumption.

A10-4657M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5600 and A10-4657M. We've got no test results to judge.


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