Atom Z3735G vs Core 2 Duo T9400

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9400 and Atom Z3735G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2760not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency1.73no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Bay Trail-T (2013−2014)
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)9 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$316$17

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9400 and Atom Z3735G 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.53 GHz1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed2.53 GHz1.83 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB56K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB2 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die size107 mm2112 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range1.05V-1.162Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9400 and Atom Z3735G 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,PGA478UTFCBGA592
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9400 and Atom Z3735G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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 Atom Z3735G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T9400 and Atom Z3735G are enumerated here.

VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T9400 and Atom Z3735G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data1 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data5.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Graphics max frequencyno data646 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.



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 T9400 1011
+31%
Atom Z3735G 772

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 T9400 2818
+198%
Atom Z3735G 946

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 T9400 5268
+82.2%
Atom Z3735G 2891

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 T9400 2304
+51%
Atom Z3735G 1526

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 T9400 31
+21.1%
Atom Z3735G 37.53

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 July 2008 9 April 2014
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 2 Watt

Atom Z3735G has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 1650% lower power consumption.

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