Phenom II X2 N660 vs Core 2 Duo T9300

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9300 and Phenom II X2 N660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2437not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duo2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency2.84no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date10 January 2008 (16 years ago)1 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$316no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9300 and Phenom II X2 N660 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache6 MB2 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9300 and Phenom II X2 N660 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.

SocketBGA479,PGA478S1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9300 and Phenom II X2 N660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataHyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T9300 and Phenom II X2 N660 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 T9300 and Phenom II X2 N660 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T9300 and Phenom II X2 N660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 T9300 315
Phenom II X2 N660 349
+10.8%

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 T9300 508
Phenom II X2 N660 613
+20.7%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2008 1 January 2011

Phenom II X2 N660 has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T9300 and Phenom II X2 N660. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel Core 2 Duo T9300
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