Atom Z510P vs Core 2 Duo T5900

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Atom Z510P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2981not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.11no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)2 March 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Atom Z510P 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate800 MHz400 MT/s
Multiplierno data11
L1 cache128 KB56 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data26 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.8V-1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Atom Z510P 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket PFCBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt2.2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Atom Z510P. 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 Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
AMT+no data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Atom Z510P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Atom Z510P are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Atom Z510P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataunknown

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 2 March 2009
Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 2 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5900 has 100% more physical cores.

Atom Z510P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1650% lower power consumption.

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