Atom N2600 vs Core 2 Duo T8300

Place in the ranking	2529	3233
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	2.50	4.71
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Cedarview-M (2011−2012)
Release date	10 January 2008 (16 years ago)	1 December 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$241	$47

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom N2600 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	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	107 mm²	66 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	176 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1V-1.25V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom N2600 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	BGA479,PGA478	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	3.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom N2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom N2600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom N2600 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	2.44 GB
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 (400 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 T8300 0.93
+365%

Atom N2600 0.20

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 T8300 1472
+366%

Atom N2600 316

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 T8300 303
+304%

Atom N2600 75

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 T8300 481
+129%

Atom N2600 210

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 T8300 2626
+385%

Atom N2600 541

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 T8300 4837
+217%

Atom N2600 1528

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 T8300 2143
+164%

Atom N2600 812

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	0.20
Recency	10 January 2008	1 December 2011
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	3 Watt

Core 2 Duo T8300 has a 365% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom N2600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1066.7% lower power consumption.

The Core 2 Duo T8300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N2600 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom N2600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.