Core i5-750s vs Core 2 Duo T9500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9500 and Core i5-750s processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2382not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency3.06no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Lynnfield (2009−2010)
Release date10 January 2008 (16 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$530no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9500 and Core i5-750s 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 speed2.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz2.5 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2296 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C77 °C
Number of transistors410 Million774 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9500 and Core i5-750s 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,PBGA479,PGA478,PPGA478FCLGA1156,LGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt82 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9500 and Core i5-750s. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Demand Based Switching--
PAEno data36 Bit
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T9500 and Core i5-750s 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 T9500 and Core i5-750s are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T9500 and Core i5-750s. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T9500 and Core i5-750s.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2008 7 January 2010
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 82 Watt

Core 2 Duo T9500 has 134.3% lower power consumption.

i5-750s, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T9500 and Core i5-750s. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T9500 is a notebook processor while Core i5-750s is a desktop one.


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