Core i7-740QM vs Core 2 Duo T5900

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core i7-740QM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2368
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Core i7
Power efficiencyno data2.41
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Clarksfield (2009−2010)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)22 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$546

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core i7-740QM 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)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.93 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate800 MHz2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data13
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data296 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data774 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core i7-740QM 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 PFCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core i7-740QM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data36 Bit
AMT+no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core i7-740QM 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 Core i7-740QM are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core i7-740QM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataNone

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core i7-740QM.

PCIe versionno data2
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 T5900 652
i7-740QM 1827
+180%

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 T5900 273
i7-740QM 347
+27.1%

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 T5900 466
i7-740QM 967
+108%

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 T5900 2123
i7-740QM 3082
+45.2%

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 T5900 3997
i7-740QM 8930
+123%

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 T5900 1864
i7-740QM 3318
+78%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 22 June 2010
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5900 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

i7-740QM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5900 and Core i7-740QM. We've got no test results to judge.


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