Atom Z510 vs Core 2 Duo T8300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom Z510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2512	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	2.51	no data
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date	10 January 2008 (16 years ago)	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$241	$20

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom Z510 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	FSB
Bus rate	800 MHz	400 MT/s
Multiplier	no data	11
L1 cache	no data	56 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	107 mm2	24.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	47 Million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1V-1.25V	0.75-1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom Z510 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	BGA479,PGA478	PBGA441
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom Z510. 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	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	+
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T8300 and Atom Z510 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 Z510 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 January 2008	2 April 2008
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	2 Watt

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