A10-4657M vs Core 2 Duo T9600

Place in the ranking	2721	2389
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	1.82	3.00
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$316	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9600 and A10-4657M 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L2 cache	6 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	107 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	1303 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.2125V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9600 and A10-4657M 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.

Socket	BGA479,BGA956,PBGA479,PGA478	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9600 and A10-4657M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
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 T9600 and A10-4657M 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 T9600 and A10-4657M are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 7660G

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo T9600 0.70

A10-4657M 1.15
+64.3%

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 T9600 1073

A10-4657M 1759
+63.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.70	1.15
Recency	15 July 2008	1 April 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm

A10-4657M has a 64.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A10-4657M is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T9600 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T9600 and A10-4657M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.