Turion X2 RM-75 vs Core 2 Duo T5900
Primary details
Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Turion X2 RM-75 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Core 2 Duo | 2x AMD Turion |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Lion (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 1 October 2008 (16 years ago) | 1 January 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core 2 Duo T5900 and Turion X2 RM-75 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 | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Turion X2 RM-75 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | Socket P | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Turion X2 RM-75. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| AMT | + | no data |
Security technologies
Core 2 Duo T5900 and Turion X2 RM-75 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Turion X2 RM-75 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2008 | 1 January 2009 |
Turion X2 RM-75 has an age advantage of 3 months.
We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5900 and Turion X2 RM-75. We've got no test results to judge.
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