A6-4455M vs Core 2 Duo T7250

Place in the ranking	2935	2876
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	1.22	2.78
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	2 August 2007 (17 years ago)	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T7250 and A6-4455M 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
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB	92 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Die size	143 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.175V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T7250 and A6-4455M 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	1	1
Socket	PBGA479,PPGA478	FP2
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7250 and A6-4455M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T7250 and A6-4455M 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 T7250 and A6-4455M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T7250 and A6-4455M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

unknown Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 7500G (327 - 424 MHz)

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 T7250 0.45

A6-4455M 0.50
+11.1%

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 T7250 709

A6-4455M 797
+12.4%

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 T7250 217

A6-4455M 225
+3.7%

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 T7250 345
+12.4%

A6-4455M 307

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 T7250 2073
+22.7%

A6-4455M 1689

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 T7250 3763
+44.7%

A6-4455M 2601

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 T7250 1705
+25.5%

A6-4455M 1359

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo T7250 45
+37.3%

A6-4455M 61.8

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.45	0.50
Recency	2 August 2007	15 May 2012
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	17 Watt

A6-4455M has a 11.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

The A6-4455M is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T7250 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T7250 and A6-4455M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.