Atom N550 vs Core 2 Duo T9800

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9800 and Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2631not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Atom
Power efficiency2.06no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)23 August 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$530$86

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9800 and Atom N550 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.93 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.92 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz666 MHz
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm287 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9800 and Atom N550 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,PGA478FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9800 and Atom N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States-no data
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching--
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T9800 and Atom N550 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 T9800 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T9800 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel GMA 3150

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 T9800 1216
+330%
Atom N550 283

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 T9800 320
+400%
Atom N550 64

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 T9800 597
+323%
Atom N550 141

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 T9800 3633
+603%
Atom N550 517

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 T9800 6839
+377%
Atom N550 1435

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 T9800 2626
+254%
Atom N550 742

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 23 August 2010
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 8 Watt

Atom N550 has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, and 337.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T9800 and Atom N550. We've got no test results to judge.


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