Athlon X2 4450e vs Core 2 Duo T9400

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9400 and Athlon X2 4450e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2758not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency1.72no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Brisbane (2007−2008)
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$316no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9400 and Athlon X2 4450e 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 speed2.53 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.53 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache6 MB512 KB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size107 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.162Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9400 and Athlon X2 4450e 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 configurationno data1
SocketBGA479,BGA956,PBGA479,PGA478AM2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9400 and Athlon X2 4450e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 T9400 and Athlon X2 4450e 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 T9400 and Athlon X2 4450e are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

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 T9400 322
+41.9%
Athlon X2 4450e 227

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 T9400 507
+20.7%
Athlon X2 4450e 420

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Core 2 Duo T9400 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T9400 and Athlon X2 4450e. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T9400 is a notebook processor while Athlon X2 4450e is a desktop one.


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Intel Core 2 Duo T9400
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AMD Athlon X2 4450e
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