Atom D2550 vs Core 2 Duo T5870

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5870 and Atom D2550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Atom
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)1 November 2011 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5870 and Atom D2550 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed2 GHz1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz1.87 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size143 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors291 Million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.075V-1.175Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5870 and Atom D2550 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
Socketno dataFCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5870 and Atom D2550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAEno data36 Bit
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5870 and Atom D2550 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 T5870 and Atom D2550 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x--
VT-ino data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5870 and Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T5870 and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5870 and Atom D2550.

PCI Express lanesno data4

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 T5870 698
+70.7%
Atom D2550 409

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 T5870 217
+117%
Atom D2550 100

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 T5870 357
+24.4%
Atom D2550 287

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 1 November 2011
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt

Atom D2550 has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.

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