Pentium Dual Core T2390 vs Core 2 Duo T5900

Place in the ranking	2996	3055
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	1.11	0.97
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	1 October 2008 (16 years ago)	1 March 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	1.86 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	no data	143 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	291 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 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.

Socket	Socket P	PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Pentium Dual Core T2390. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
AMT	+	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo T5900 0.41
+13.9%

Pentium Dual T2390 0.36

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
+14.8%

Pentium Dual T2390 568

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
+19.9%

Pentium Dual T2390 1771

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
+20%

Pentium Dual T2390 3331

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
+26.8%

Pentium Dual T2390 1470