Pentium 4-M 1.60 vs Core 2 Duo T9500

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2377not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency3.07no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Northwood (2002−2004)
Release date10 January 2008 (16 years ago)March 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$530no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB8 KB
L2 cache6 MB512 KB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm130 nm
Die size107 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million55 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 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,PPGA478478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4-M 1.60. 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 T9500 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 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 T9500 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4-M 1.60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

Core 2 Duo T9500 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 188.9% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium 4-M 1.60, on the other hand, has 16.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T9500 and Pentium 4-M 1.60. We've got no test results to judge.


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